Putin congratulates Xi on 66th birthday
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Russian President Vladimir Putin went to the hotel of Chinese President Xi Jinping in Dushanbe on Saturday to congratulate Xi on his 66th birthday, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, TASS Russian News Agency and RIA Novosti reported.

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Putin expressed the congratulations before attending the fifth summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Tajikistan's capital Dushanbe. Putin spoke highly of Xi's important role in the development of Russia-China relations and stressed that Xi's state visit to Russia not long ago was a complete success, adding ties will continue to develop fast.

Xi thanked Putin and pointed out that the Russian leader is very popular in China. Putin presented Xi with Russian ice cream and Xi returned with Chinese tea.