Russian President Vladimir Putin during a bilateral meeting before the G20 summit gave the President of China XI Jinping, Russian carton of ice cream.
“I promised You it [ice cream] to bring. I gift You a whole box of ice cream,” said Putin, Recalling that the addiction of the Chinese to Russian delicacy told him during the meeting in Vladivostok entrepreneurs from China.
XI thanked Putin for the gift. “When my every trip to Russia I always ask to get me ice cream Russian. Then we eat at home it’s ice cream. You have a better cream, so it you especially tasty. I really like it. Thank you for that courtesy,” said the Chinese leader.
In response, the Chinese have sharply increased purchases of Russian oil.
