The key facts
- Putin will visit Shenzhen to participate in the APEC summit next month
- Lavrov and Wang Yi opened talks, noting the worsening international situation
- Putin and Xi Jinping met twice this year - in China and in Bishkek
MOSCOW. October 14. INTERFAX.RU - Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Shenzhen to take part in the APEC summit, and the Russian side is eagerly awaiting another conversation with Xi Jinping, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said, opening talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
"We saw each other quite recently, in Cholpon-Ata, and since then the international situation has not become any simpler, either in the Middle East or in other regions. We have a very good opportunity here to exchange views on how Russia and China will continue to carry out the tasks set by our leaders," Lavrov said.
"Our leaders are in regular contact, overseeing work in all areas of the development of our multifaceted partnership and strategic interaction. Putin and Xi Jinping met twice this year - during the Russian president's official visit to China and in Bishkek "on the sidelines" of the meeting of the SCO heads of state. And next month, the Russian president will visit Shenzhen to take part in the APEC summit," the minister noted.
"We are eagerly awaiting another conversation with Mr. Xi Jinping," the Russian foreign minister said.
