# Putin says he and Xi understand each other ‘without words’

https://mins.news/en/item/82372

- TASS, 2026-10-01 18:41 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2196295

> Russian President Vladimir Putin said he and Chinese President Xi Jinping can understand each other without interpreters or knowing one another’s languages. He recalled being alone with Xi in a waiting area in India and said they needed only a word or two to grasp each other’s meaning, showing there was no language barrier between them.