Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold an official summit in Russia on the afternoon of the 21st (local time).
According to Russian news agency Rianovosti, the official meeting will be held at the Grand Kremlin Palace at 3:00 pm Moscow time (9:00 pm Korean time).
The summit will be attended by delegations from both countries.
Prior to the meeting, Xi plans to meet with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in the morning.
President Xi is paying a state visit to Russia from the 20th to the 22nd.
According to TASS news agency, they arrived at Moscow’s Vnukovo International Airport at 12:59 p.m. the previous day and had an informal meeting for four and a half hours from 4:30 p.m. We also had dinner together during the meeting. They discussed cooperation between the two countries, the situation of the war in Ukraine, and ways to end the war.
The official summit on the 21st is also expected to focus on finding a solution to end the war in Ukraine.
In particular, it is expected that they will exchange views on the 12 peace negotiations announced by China on the 24th of last month to coincide with the first anniversary of the war in Ukraine.
China’s position on the political resolution of the Ukrainian crisis is to respect the sovereignty of each country, abandon the Cold War mentality, call for an armistice and end the war, initiate peace negotiations, resolve the humanitarian crisis, protect civilians and prisoners of war, and maintain nuclear power plant safety. ▲ Strategic crisis reduction ▲ Guarantee of grain transportation ▲ End of unilateral sanctions ▲ Guarantee of industrial chain supply chain stability ▲ Promotion of post-war reconstruction were 12 proposals.
After confirming his third consecutive term, President Xi chose Russia as his first overseas visit. It is also the first visit since the outbreak of war in Ukraine. He has visited Russia eight times since 2013.
President Xi and President Putin met more than 40 times over the past decade, in various formats. The most recent was the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan in September last year.
Source: Donga
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