Russian Prime Minister Mishustin is scheduled to visit China on June 23 and hold talks with President Xi Jinping and others. While the G7 countries showed solidarity to continue their support for Ukraine at the Hiroshima Summit, Russia is strengthening its cooperation with China and strengthening its stance of opposition to it.
On the morning of the 23rd, the Russian government released a video on SNS of Prime Minister Mishustin arriving in Shanghai and being greeted.
According to the state news agency, this is the first official visit to China by Prime Minister Mishustin, and he is scheduled to meet with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang.
In Russia, President Putin's aide, Secretary of the Security Council Patrushev, visited Moscow on May 22 and met with Chen Wenqing, Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Commission, which oversees the police and judicial departments, and exchanged views on cooperation such as counterterrorism.
On the other hand, in an interview with NHK, Budanov, director of the General Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, said that China does not supply weapons to Russia, but "it supplies a lot of electronic equipment," and expressed the view that electronic components exported from China are used in missile development.
At the G7 Hiroshima Summit, the G7 countries showed solidarity in continuing their support for Ukraine, but Russia is strengthening its cooperation with China and strengthening its stance of opposition to China.