Xi tells Putin the world is in chaos but ties will endure

'New era' of partnership comes as they paint mutual rival US as aggressive hegemon

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KAZAN, Russia - Chinese President Xi Jinping told Russia's President Vladimir Putin that the international situation was gripped by chaos, but that Beijing's strategic partnership with Moscow was a force for stability amid the most significant changes seen in a century.

Mr. Xi and Mr. Putin in May pledged a "new era" of partnership between the two most powerful rivals of the United States, which they cast as an aggressive Cold War hegemon sowing chaos across the world.

"At present, the world is going through changes unseen in a hundred years, the international situation is intertwined with chaos," Mr. Xi told Mr. Putin in the Russian city of Kazan at the opening of the Brics summit.