Russian President, Vladimir Putin will pay an official visit to China on May 16 and 17. at the invitation of his Chinese colleague, Xi Jinping, This will be his first working trip since his fifth six-year term, the Kremlin confirmed today shortly after it was announced from Beijing.

“At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin will pay a state visit to China on May 16 and 17. his first trip abroad since taking office,” the Russian presidency is indicated.

According to the Kremlin, “the leaders of Russia and China will discuss the entire situation in detail.” a set of issues of their comprehensive partnership and strategic interaction, “They will identify key directions for the further development of Russian-Chinese practical cooperation and exchange views on the most important international and regional issues.”

“As a result of conversations signing of the joint declaration of heads of state and a number of bilateral documents,” the Russian presidential administration added.

Putin said in April that I would go to China in May of this year, information that the Chinese Foreign Ministry confirmed on Tuesday.

Putin’s arrival also came after US Secretary of State Antony BlinkenAt the end of April, he turned to Beijing, a close ally of Moscow, with a request “Don’t help Russia” and that it does not supply it with components that could be used in a war against Ukraine.

Asian giant He denies that he sold weapons to Russia. and claims that he maintains “normal” commercial relations with Moscow.

In February 2022, shortly before the start of the war in Ukraine, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Putin They proclaimed in Beijing “limitless friendship” between their peoples.

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Since then they have claimed that Their ties “do not threaten any country” and that in fact “they contribute to the multipolarization of the world.”

(EFE)