Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping speak during a plenary session in the outreach/BRICS Plus format at the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia on Oct. 24. (Maxim Shemetov/Pool/File Photo/Reuters)

(Reuters) – Sergei Shoigu, the secretary of Russia’s Security Council, told Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday that Russia-China relations were at an unprecedented high, Russia’s TASS state news agency reported.

Shoigu, who met earlier on Friday in Beijing with China’s foreign minister, said the two countries’ partnership was not directed against other nations.