Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet China’s Xi Jinping for talks in Beijing in October, Russia said on Tuesday.
Nikolai Patrushev, a close Putin ally and the secretary of Russia’s Security Council, said Russia and China should deepen cooperation in the face of the West’s attempt to contain the two countries.
The talks in Beijing would be “thorough”, he was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying at a meeting in Moscow with China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
Putin will attend the third Belt and Road Forum after an invitation by Xi during a high-profile visit to Moscowin March.