The Kremlin announced on Thursday that Russian President, Vladimir Putin, will “soon” make a visit to China. The statement was made even during the visit of the American leader Donald Trump to Beijing.
“It can be said that the preparations for the visit are almost over, we are in the final stage. It will take place soon,” declared the spokesperson for the Russian presidency, Dmitry Peskov.
The actual preparation of this visit was handled by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, reports hotnews.ro. The head of diplomacy from Moscow made a visit to Beijing in mid-April, when he was received by Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
Vladimir Putin announced on May 9th that, during the visit he is planning to China, the two countries intend to make a significant step in cooperation in the field of oil and natural gas.