India, Sept. 2 -- China's foreign ministry said on Tuesday that it will extend visa-free travel to ordinary passport holders from Russia on a trial basis.This comes after talks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in Beijing, a day after the Tianjin SCO Summit 2025.

The visa exemption will be for a year from September 15, with a maximum period for entry to China set at 30 days.

During their bilateral meeting in Beijing on Tuesday ahead of a massive military parade, Putin told Xi Jinping that their countries' ties were at an "unprecedented level".

According to a pooled live feed, Putin told his Chinese counterpart that "our close communication reflects the strategic nature of Russian-Chinese ...