Putin to Visit China May 19-20 for Talks With Xi, Kremlin Says

The Kremlin confirmed President Vladimir Putin’s visit to China on May 19-20, days after President Xi Jinping’s summit in the Chinese capital with his US counterpart Donald Trump.

Putin’s visit at the invitation of Chinese leader “is timed to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the signing the Treaty on Good-Neighbourliness, Friendship and Cooperation, which is fundamental for interstate relations,” the Kremlin said in a statement.