China’s top diplomat Wang Yi will begin a four-day visit to Russia for security talks today, his foreign ministry said.
China and Russia are strategic allies, with both countries frequently touting their no limits partnership, and economic and military cooperation.
China’s foreign ministry said in a statement today that Wang would hold strategic security consultations at the invitation of Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of Russia’s security council.
In an earlier briefing, the Russian foreign ministry said Wang would meet with his counterpart Sergei Lavrov, and the two planned to focus on efforts to strengthen collaboration on the international scene.
China has sought to position itself as a neutral party in the Ukraine war, while offering Moscow a vital diplomatic and financial lifeline as its international isolation deepens.
