Chinese leader Xi Jinping to visit Russia next week for talks with Putin
It is his first trip to Moscow since the invasion of Ukraine last year, and comes as China is trying to position itself as a mediator in the conflict despite skepticism from the U.S. and its allies.
Chinese President
Xi Jinping will visit
Russia early next week for talks with
President Vladimir Putin, a trip that will showcase the countries’ growing closeness as
tensions escalate with the United States and the
war in Ukraine grinds into a second year. Xi will pay a state visit to Moscow from Monday to Wednesday at Putin’s invitation, China’s Foreign Ministry said Friday.