Beijing – Sputnik. This meeting in its current format is being held for the seventh time among the leaders of the three countries. The Kremlin noted that the trilateral meeting comes after a “long break” over the past three years and aims to draw up practical plans for future cooperation.
The agenda of the Russian President in Beijing also includes meetings with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, in addition to a meeting with the President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov had previously explained that Putin’s schedule of contacts in China might expand. Putin is on a four-day visit to China.
