Russia’s Putin to visit China following Trump’s trip

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Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit China from May 19-20 for an official trip. The Kremlin announced that Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping plan to "further strengthen the comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation" between their countries. Putin will also discuss economic and trade cooperation with Chinese Premier Li Qiang. This visit coincides with the 25th anniversary of the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation. The announcement follows United States President Donald Trump's departure from China after his presidential visit. Discussions between Trump and Xi reportedly covered trade, Taiwan, the war in Iran, and the Russia-Ukraine war, with China maintaining neutrality and Xi positioning himself as a mediator, despite its "no limits" alliance with Putin.

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The visit is timed to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation.

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Putin and Xi Jinping plan to 'further strengthen the comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation' between Moscow and Beijing.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit China from May 19 to 20.

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Xi’s 'no limits' alliance with Putin announced before the 2022 invasion of Ukraine has undercut China's stance of neutrality.

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China has denied reports that Chinese firms have sustained Russian drone production by shipping engines mislabelled as 'industrial refrigeration units'.

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Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping plan to ‘further strengthen the comprehensive partnership’, the Kremlin says.Russia’s President Vladimir Putin will pay an official visit to China from May 19 to 20, the Kremlin has announced.Putin and his Chinese counterpart, President Xi Jinping, plan to “further strengthen the comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation” between Moscow and Beijing, the Kremlin said in a statement.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Why the Iran conflict is becoming a problem for BRICSlist 2 of 4How Xi-Trump summit failed to yield Iran war breakthroughlist 3 of 4Trump-Xi summit: China, US disagree on what they agreed onlist 4 of 4BRICS talks end without joint statement as divisions over Iran war deepenend of listPutin is also scheduled to discuss economic and trade cooperation with Chinese Premier Li Qiang.Russia’s TASS news agency reported that the visit is timed to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation, a key Moscow-Beijing agreement signed in 2001.News of Putin’s forthcoming trip arrives one day after United States President Donald Trump departed China following the first presidential visit to Beijing in almost a decade.Although Trump and Xi touted several broad trade deals, they appeared to make little public progress on key sticking points related to Taiwan or the Iran" class="entity-link entity-event" data-entity-id="38678" data-entity-type="event">US-Israel war on Iran.They also touched on the Russia-ukraine-war" class="entity-link entity-event" data-entity-id="1200" data-entity-type="event">Russia-Ukraine war, in which China is officially neutral and Xi has presented himself as a mediator.Still, Xi’s “no limits” alliance with Putin – announced just before the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 – has undercut that stance.China has also denied reports from Reuters and other news agencies showing that Chinese firms have single-handedly sustained Russian drone production, in part by shipping engines mislabelled as “industrial refrigeration units” to drone assembly plants.

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