Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Russia on May 7-10 and join his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at commemorations of the Allied victory against Nazi Germany, the Kremlin said on Sunday.
The visit coincides with heightened tensions between Beijing and Washington over US trade tariffs and Putin’s order for a three-day truce in Ukraine, to coincide with Russia’s World War II Victory Day on May 9.
Moscow and Beijing declared a “no limits partnership” weeks before Putin announced his Ukraine offensive in February 2022, and the two countries have since expanded their trade and military ties in an alliance that has worried the West.
The Russian president’s office said Xi would hold bilateral talks with Putin on “developing partnerships and strategic ties” and “issues on the international and regional agenda”.
Putin has ordered a temporary halt in fighting in neighbouring Ukraine from May 8 to 10, a move that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed as theatrics.
Zelensky in April accused China of supplying arms to Russia, and alleged Beijing knew of at least 155 Chinese nationals fighting alongside Russian forces.
Beijing has called allegations of its involvement in the conflict “irresponsible remarks”.
On Sunday, a spokesman for the Chinesе foreign ministry emphasised the country’s historic and strategic ties with Russia at a time when “the international order is undergoing profound adjustments”
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