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Putin Expected to Visit China Next Week, Reports Say

President Vladimir Putin is expected to travel to China next week, the South China Morning Post reported Friday, citing sources familiar with the matter, who said the Russian leade

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May 15, 2026 · 11:33 AM1 min readSource: The Moscow Times
Putin Expected to Visit China Next Week, Reports Say

President Vladimir Putin is expected to travel to China next week, the South China Morning Post reported Friday, citing sources familiar with the matter, who said the Russian leader’s trip would unlikely feature the same “scale and pomp” seen during the U.S.-China summit in Beijing this week. The upcoming visit, reportedly planned for just Wednesday, was described by anonymous sources as part of “

Key points

  • First and foremost, it is our bilateral relations, which are special relations of a privileged strategic partnership,” Peskov said during a daily briefing.
  • He said Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping will “exchange views” on the Chinese leader’s meeting with Trump this week.
  • “We hope to get this information first-hand when we’re in China,” Peskov said.
  • Trump received a red-carpet welcome on Wednesday for his first visit to China since 2017 during his previous term in the White House.
  • He left on Friday, saying he had made “fantastic trade deals” with Xi.
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