Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Russia began as his jet touched down at Moscow's Vnukovo airport. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russian Federation released a press review on this visit.
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| Chinese President arrives in Moscow, Russia |
The Chinese leader's visit will extend through March 22. According to the Kremlin, relevant themes of continued development of relations of "comprehensive collaboration and strategic engagement between Russia and China" would be covered during the meeting with President Vladimir Putin. It is also intended to sign joint documents.
Download Russian Foreign Ministry's press release on Xi Jinping's visit to Russia
On the eve of the visit, welcome banners with the slogan "We cordially welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping to Russia" emerged in Moscow. The placing of the shields was their initiative, according to RBC in the Federation of Chinese Entrepreneurs in Russia. "There are a total of 15 banners. "The banners are on Kievskoye Highway, Leninsky Prospekt, and there is a media banner with a video outside the Salyut Hotel," said Bin Xin, the union's assistant chairman.
Putin remembered in an essay published on the day of the Chinese leader's visit that he first met with him in 2010 (when Xi Jinping was Vice President of the People's Republic of China), and that they met around 40 times in all, both officially and informally.