Chinese President Xi Jinping celebrated his 66th birthday on Saturday with Russi...
Russian President Vladimir Putin toasts with Chinese President Xi Jinping while congratulating him on his birthday before the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia in Dushanbe, Tajikistan June 15, 2019. Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS
BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping celebrated his 66th birthday on Saturday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who Xi considers a close friend and who gave Xi ice cream as a present, Chinese state media reported. The discussion of senior leaders’ private lives is extremely rare in China, and the exact birth dates of most of them are not revealed publicly, as they are considered a state secret.
State television showed pictures of Xi and Putin holding up champagne glasses to toast Xi’s birthday at the hotel he is staying at in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, where they are both attending a regional summit. While Putin gave Xi Russian ice cream - the flavor was not mentioned - Xi gave Putin back some Chinese tea, the report said.Pictures on Chinese state television’s website showed the two men inspecting a white cake decorated with red and blue confectionary flowers with the words written on it, in somewhat shaky red-colored Chinese characters, “good fortune double six”.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Trump Could Retaliate if Xi Balks at Trade Meeting, Kudlow SaysPresident Trump could take further action against China if President Xi doesn’t agree to a meeting at the Group of 20 summit in Japan this month, the White House’s top economic adviser said.
Read more »
Aldi Is Doing the Most For Your Fur BFFs This Summer With Ice Cream For DogsYou bark, I bark, we all bark for dog ice cream.
Read more »
Lotus Biscoff Is Releasing 5 Flavors of Cookie Butter Ice Cream, and I Have Zero ChillLove cookies and ice cream? BiscoffCookies cookie butter ice creams are hitting the shelves this Summer! 🍨🍪
Read more »