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Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin (right) welcomes China's head of state Xi Jinping to Moscow in March
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In Hiroshima, the G7 countries are negotiating their continued support for Ukraine. Meanwhile, Russia continues to seek proximity to the People's Republic of China. Accordingly, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will travel to China next Tuesday and Wednesday. At the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Qiang, "Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin will pay an official visit to China from May 23 to 24," the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
During the visit, "Russian-Chinese cooperation in the fields of trade and economy" will be discussed, the Kremlin confirmed the planned visit. Particular attention will be paid to industry, energy, transport infrastructure and agriculture," it added. In addition, the signing of a number of bilateral agreements is expected. As the Kremlin further reported, Mishustin will speak in Shanghai at a Russian-Chinese economic forum.
"New era" of partnership
Russia and China maintain good relations. Chinese President Xi Jinping said during a visit to Moscow in March that relations were entering "a new era."
China is taking a neutral stance on the Ukraine war and has not yet condemned the Russian invasion. Chinese special envoy Li Hui said this week in Kyiv during a meeting with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba that there was "no panacea for resolving" the conflict.
In addition to the tight closeness between Beijing and Moscow, there has also recently been a rapprochement with Ukraine. At the end of April, China's head of state Xi Jinping and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke on the phone for the first time since the beginning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Zelensky had described the phone call afterwards as a "long and fairly reasonable conversation".
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