Chinese leader Xi Jinping will travel to Russia next week to meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in the strongest show of Beijing’s support for Moscow since the war in Ukraine began.
China’s Foreign Ministry and the Kremlin said in separate statements on Friday that Xi will visit Russia from Monday to Wednesday. The Kremlin said the two would discuss ways of “deepening Russian-Chinese cooperation,” adding that “a number of important bilateral documents will be signed” during Xi’s visit.Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said Xi’s visit would be a trip of “peace, cooperation and friendship,” stressing that China would promote peace talks.
Xi is expected to have a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after the trip, according to the Wall Street Journal. It would be their first conversation since the war began. Asked about a potential call, China’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday declined to comment.Serhiy Nykyforov, Ukrainian presidential spokesperson, in response to whether Zelensky and Xi will speak, told The Washington Post in a text message: “There are no specific agreements about this yet.
A visit to Russia by Xi fits with a decades-long tradition of Chinese leaders making Russia their first stop after cementing power at home. The trip will be Xi’s first foreign visit after a legislative congress earlier this month where he was officially reelected as president. Xi also traveled to Russia for his first foreign visit as president in March 2013.During this visit, Moscow will be looking to China for support.
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