Days after Trump's summit in Beijing, Putin will meet with China's Xi

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Russian President Vladimir Putin volition conscionable with Chinese person Xi Jinping connected a two-day travel to Beijing adjacent week, the Kremlin said Saturday.

During the meeting, Xi and Putin volition sermon bilateral relations, economical practice and "key planetary and determination issues," the Kremlin said.

Putin's travel is scheduled for May 19-20, according to the Kremlin. The travel volition coincide with the 25th day of the 2001 Sino-Russian Treaty of Friendship, the Russian authorities said. The Kremlin said pursuing the meeting, a associated connection "at the highest level" and respective bilateral intergovernmental, interdepartmental, and different documents are expected to beryllium signed.

The announcement comes little than 24 hours aft U.S. President Donald Trump finished his own authorities visit to China, wherever helium met with Xi to sermon commercialized and the war successful Iran.

Mr. Trump touted the occurrence of his visit, saying Chinese officials opened the door to caller areas of practice with the U.S. While determination were warm words between the 2 leaders, factual agreements person yet to materialize. Some experts told CBS News that the president failed to deliver any breakthrough commercialized deals during the trip. Wendy Cutler, a erstwhile negotiator successful the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, said that "so far, it doesn't look similar Trump and his squad person a batch to amusement for the visit."

Questions astir U.S. assistance to Taiwan besides lingered aft the visit, with Mr. Trump inactive not having made a determination connected whether to determination guardant with a delayed $14 cardinal arms merchantability that Congress approved successful January. Leaders from some governmental parties pushed Mr. Trump to enactment the land territory.

Relations betwixt China and Russia person deepened successful caller years, peculiarly since the commencement of Russia's full-scale penetration of Ukraine successful aboriginal 2022 near Moscow shunned connected the planetary signifier and heavy reliant connected Beijing for commercialized due to Western sanctions.

When Putin visited China successful September 2025, Xi welcomed his counterpart arsenic an "old friend." Putin besides addressed Xi arsenic "dear friend."

The Russian person is besides scheduled to sojourn China for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation acme successful the metropolis of Shenzhen successful November.

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