Xi and Putin wrap up talks in Beijing with no final details on gas pipeline - follow live

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping will shortly conclude talks in Beijing - but their meeting ends without details on a natural gas pipeline between Russia and China The previously agreed deal has been stalled for years, but the two countries reached a "general understanding" about the pipeline, an aide to Putin tells reporters The agreement comes as the two leaders meet in Beijing and sign more than 20 agreements on trade and tech, as well as a declaration on a "multi-polar world order" A lengthy joint statement mentions Russian gas supplies but otherwise does not indicate the leaders reached any major breakthroughs in Moscow and Beijing's relationship Without Chinese money and tech, the very survival of Putin's regime would be in question, BBC Monitoring's chief analyst writes But Beijing is being more careful with its language because Xi wants to appear close to Moscow, but not too close, writes our China correspondent Edited by Tessa Wong and Jenna Moon, with Laura Bicker reporting from Beijing Friendship or geopolitics? BBC breaks down Xi and Putin relationship Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin are wapping up their talks in Beijing with a banquet, according to Chinese state media. The