Putin to visit Chinese leader Xi Jinping after Trump’s Beijing trip

The Kremlin said Saturday that Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on a two-day trip to Beijing next week. The announcement comes less than 24 hours after U.S. President Donald Trump wrapped up his own state visit to China, where he also met Xi to discuss trade and the U.S. and Israel’s war in Iran. In a statement, the Kremlin said that Putin’s trip, planned for May 19–20, had been scheduled to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the 2001 Sino-Russian Treaty of Friendship. It said that the two leaders would discuss bilateral relations as well […]... Keep on reading: Putin to visit Chinese leader Xi Jinping after Trump’s Beijing trip

Original source: Philippine Daily Inquirer