Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in China for talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

The Russian president landed at Beijing Capital International Airport shortly after 11:15 p.m. (0315 UTC).

The Kremlin said that Putin and Xi were to discuss ways to "further strengthen" Russian-Chinese ties and "exchange views on key international and regional issues."

In a Tuesday video message, Putin said that China and Russia's relations had reached "a truly unprecedented level" and that "trade between Russia and China continues to grow."

"The close strategic relationship between Russia and China plays a major, stabilizing role globally. Without allying against anyone, we seek peace and universal prosperity," Putin said.

Russia and China have deepened their cooperation since Moscow's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine that isolated it from Western states.

China is the world's largest buyer of Russian oil, which is under Western sanctions.

Russia also aims to set up a natural gas pipeline to China through Mongolia in a project dubbed the "Power of Siberia 2".

Xi, Putin to sign agreement on 'multipolar' world order — Kremlin
Ahead of the talks in Beijing, the Kremlin said that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping would sign a statement on building a "multipolar" world order, among many other documents.

Some 40 documents are to be signed in total, Kremlin foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov said, including bilateral agreements touching on industry, trade, transport and construction.

The two leaders are to conduct informal talks "over tea", Ushakov said, where they are expected to discuss the conflicts in Iran and Ukraine and other issues.

Beijing has repeatedly called for Western states to abandon what it describes as "Cold War mentality" and accept China's role in an increasingly multipolar world.