Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed on Friday to strengthen trilateral coordination, build consensus and increase cooperation among the three countries to jointly promote world peace, stability, and development. 

The three leaders had an in-depth exchange of views at an informal meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit, which is underway in Argentina's capital Buenos Aires.

Xi said China, Russia and India are major countries and important strategic partners. The three countries have broad common interests and cooperation has become increasingly important. 

He added that the three countries should enhance their cooperation in the face of new circumstances and new challenges, urging to promote the liberalization and facilitation of trade and investment.

He suggested that China, Russia and India advocate a new type of international relations, keep consolidating political mutual trust, establish partnerships instead of alliances, and strive for a virtuous cycle in major-country relations and win-win cooperation.

He also called on the three countries to strengthen coordination and cooperation in important multilateral mechanisms including the Group of 20, BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

China, Russia and India should advance liberalization and facilitation of trade and investment, promote an open world economy, take a clear-cut stand against protectionism and unilateralism, and jointly safeguard the multilateral trading system as well as the common interest of emerging economies and developing countries, he said.

The three countries, he added, should actively champion a vision of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security, strengthen regional and global counterterrorism cooperation, promote political settlement of hotspot issues, and play an even bigger part in safeguarding peace and security in the region and the world.

Putin said that the three countries should play their roles in building a fairer and more just international system, promoting world peace and stability, and strengthening cooperation in the economic and financial fields. 

Modi noted that rising protectionism and unilateralism had brought uncertainties to global economic growth. As major countries, China, Russia and India should keep close communication to safeguard the multilateral system and promote international and regional prosperity.

(With inputs from Xinhua)