Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Patrushev arrived on a visit to China

This was reported in the press service of the Russian Security Council.

“It is planned to discuss issues in the development of the agreements reached at the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping, as well as a wide range of topics aimed at further strengthening bilateral cooperation in the field of security,” Interfax reports.

Earlier, Xi Jinping expressed the opinion that China and Russia should strengthen coordination in the SCO, BRICS and other multilateral mechanisms.

Moscow and Beijing need to defend the interests of developing countries together, he said at the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Samarkand.