Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping signed a joint statement on international relations entering a new era and global sustainable development.

Russia and China oppose the actions of external forces to undermine security and stability in common adjacent regions, intend to resist the interference of external forces under any pretext in the internal affairs of sovereign countries, oppose color revolutions and will increase cooperation in the above-mentioned areas, the two leaders said in a statement.

The Chinese side treats with understanding and supports the proposals put forward by Russia on the formation of long-term legally binding security guarantees in Europe.

The parties note that the denunciation of a number of important international agreements in the field of arms control by the United States has an extremely negative impact on international and regional security and stability.

The parties express concern about the advancement of US plans to develop global missile defense and deploy its elements in various regions of the world, combined with building up the potential of high-precision non-nuclear weapons for disarming strikes and other strategic tasks.

The sides noted the importance of the use of outer space for peaceful purposes, strongly support the central role of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space in promoting international cooperation, maintaining and developing international space law and regulation in the field of outer space activities.

 Russia and China will continue to build up cooperation on such topics of mutual interest as the long-term sustainability of space activities and the exploration and use of outer space resources. The parties oppose the attempts of individual states to turn outer space into an arena of armed confrontation, reiterate their intention to make all necessary efforts to prevent the weaponization of outer space and an arms race in outer space. They will oppose activities aimed at achieving military superiority in space and using it for combat operations.

The sides reiterate the need to launch negotiations as soon as possible in order to conclude a legally binding multilateral document based on the Russian-Chinese draft treaty on preventing the placement of weapons in outer space, the use of force or the threat of force against space objects, which would provide fundamental and reliable guarantees for the prevention of an arms race and weaponization space," the document says.