Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping (R) talks with Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev during a meeting at Diaoyutai state guesthouse in Beijing May 24, 2008. A joint statement signed by President Hu Jintao and Russia's President Medvedev Friday outlined their coordinated stance on the Teheran and Pyongyang nuclear issues, as well as on Kosovo independence and the conflicts in Darfur, Sudan. [Agencies]