Xi meets Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing in Moscow

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Myanmar's leader Min Aung Hlaing in the Russian capital Moscow on Friday.

The meeting came after Xi attended a grand parade marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War held in Moscow's Red Square on Friday morning.

The leaders of more than 20 countries and international organizations were also invited to the event.

Xi arrived in the Russian capital on Wednesday to begin a four-day state visit to the country at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin.

Xi meets Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing in Moscow

Xi meets Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing in Moscow

Xi meets Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing in Moscow

China launched a Long March-8A carrier rocket on Tuesday in the southern island province of Hainan, sending a new group of internet satellites into space.

The rocket lifted off at 23:25 (Beijing Time) from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site. It successfully placed the payloads, the 18th group of low-orbit internet satellites, into preset orbit.

China's Long March-8A rocket launches new satellite group