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Russia and China share common stances on the crises in Syria, Libya and North Korea.
Germany's Foreign Minister Gabriel has said Washington is promoting its own export interests in the guise of anti-Russian sanctions.
Russian and Chinese naval warships held joint exercises in the Baltic Sea this week.
The number of BRIC tourists to South Africa rose by 29.9% in 2016 to 259,444.
US Secretary of State Tillerson says both Putin and Trump connected "fairly quickly".
Russia has strongly denied any involvement in the US electoral cyber-meddling controversy.
Xi referred to the close ties between the two heads of state saying "the two of us have met 22 times over these years" since 2013.
Russia had banned food imports from countries that had tried to punish Moscow with sanctions.
The two allies are united in their opposition to deployment of anti-missile systems in Asia and Eastern Europe.
Moscow will now track US-led coalition air craft as "targets" if they operate west of the Euphrates River.
