China, Malaysia like-minded friends, partners: Xi

China and Malaysia share extensive common interests, and the friendly exchanges between the two peoples have proved that the two countries are like-minded good friends and good partners pursuing common development, said President Xi Jinping on Thursday.

President Xi made the statement while meeting with Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim in Beijing.

"Malaysia is an important emerging market, and also an important member of Global South. China and Malaysia share extensive common interests. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of China-Malaysia diplomatic relations and the Year of China-Malaysia Friendship. Over the past 50 years, bilateral trade has increased by nearly 1,000 times. Friendly exchanges between the people of the two countries have proved that we are not only good neighbors across the sea, but also like-minded good friends, and good partners pursuing common development," said Xi.

At the invitation of the Chinese side, Anwar is on a four-day working visit to China from Nov 4 to 7.

Russia reported continued strikes on Ukrainian facilities, while Ukraine claimed to have destroyed Russian facilities, according to reports released by both sides on Saturday.

The Russian Defense Ministry said in a briefing Saturday that in the past day, Russian forces struck Ukrainian forces' manpower and equipment assembly points in 148 locations, destroying infrastructure at one military airfield and one fuel depot.

The Russian air defense forces shot down four US-made HIMARS missiles and 104 drones belonging to the Ukrainian military.

On the same day, the Ukrainian Armed Forces stated on social media that on Thursday, Ukrainian forces targeted a military facility of the Russian Armed Forces in Oryol Oblast, destroying a facility used by the Russian military to store, maintain, and repair drones.