Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is expected to arrive on Monday on a two-day official visit to China, the foreign policy departments of both countries announced, dariknews.bg reported.
"Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will be on a two-day official visit to China on April 8 and 9, during which talks are planned with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi," the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow stated.
It is added that "a number of issues, including the Ukrainian crisis and the situation in the Asia-Pacific region", will be discussed during the visit.
Lavrov last visited Beijing in October. China is a key economic and political partner of Russia.
Last month, Reuters reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to Beijing in May for talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, which could be his first overseas trip since his new presidency.
China and Russia announced partnership “without limits” in February 2022, when Putin visited Beijing just days before sending tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine, sparking Europe's deadliest ground war since World War II.
The United States has identified China as its biggest competitor and Russia as its biggest threat to the country, while US President Joe Biden has argued that this century will be defined by the existential race between democracies and autocracies.
Putin and Xi share a common worldview that sees the West in decline at a time when China is challenging US preeminence in everything from quantum computing and synthetic biology to espionage and military might.
Sino-Russian trade reached a record $240.1 billion in 2023, up 26.3 percent from a year earlier, Chinese customs data showed. Chinese supplies to Russia jumped 46.9% in 2023, while imports from Russia increased 13%.
Trade between China and the United States is set to drop 11.6 percent to $664.5 billion in 2023, Chinese customs data also showed.
One year after the start of the war in Ukraine in 2023, China published a 12-point position paper on the settlement of the Ukraine crisis. Russia described Beijing's proposal as reasonable.
"Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will be on a two-day official visit to China on April 8 and 9, during which talks are planned with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi," the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow stated.
It is added that "a number of issues, including the Ukrainian crisis and the situation in the Asia-Pacific region", will be discussed during the visit.
Lavrov last visited Beijing in October. China is a key economic and political partner of Russia.
Last month, Reuters reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to Beijing in May for talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, which could be his first overseas trip since his new presidency.
China and Russia announced partnership “without limits” in February 2022, when Putin visited Beijing just days before sending tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine, sparking Europe's deadliest ground war since World War II.
The United States has identified China as its biggest competitor and Russia as its biggest threat to the country, while US President Joe Biden has argued that this century will be defined by the existential race between democracies and autocracies.
Putin and Xi share a common worldview that sees the West in decline at a time when China is challenging US preeminence in everything from quantum computing and synthetic biology to espionage and military might.
Sino-Russian trade reached a record $240.1 billion in 2023, up 26.3 percent from a year earlier, Chinese customs data showed. Chinese supplies to Russia jumped 46.9% in 2023, while imports from Russia increased 13%.
Trade between China and the United States is set to drop 11.6 percent to $664.5 billion in 2023, Chinese customs data also showed.
One year after the start of the war in Ukraine in 2023, China published a 12-point position paper on the settlement of the Ukraine crisis. Russia described Beijing's proposal as reasonable.