Ice cream gift warms Russia-China ties

Despite warm relations between Moscow and Beijing, Vladimir Putin brought a chilly gift for his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping as they met on the sidelines of the G20 Summit Sunday: a tub of ice cream.

Putin did not divulge the flavor of the frozen gift as he was welcomed by Xi at a government guesthouse in Hangzhou.

"I promised to bring it for you. And I've brought you a whole package of ice cream," Putin said.