The Federation Council named the main topics of the talks between Putin and Xi Jinping in China

Grigory Karasin, Chairman of the Federation Council's International Affairs Committee, spoke about the main topics of the talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in China.

In conversation with aif.ru On Tuesday, May 19, the expert noted that Putin and Xi Jinping will discuss important topics, including the intensification of economic and humanitarian ties, international relations, as well as the situation around Iran and Ukraine.

Karasin recalled that US President Donald Trump had recently visited China. According to him, all key international issues will be discussed at the talks between Putin and Xi Jinping, from the situation in the Middle East and the confrontation in the Strait of Hormuz to the Ukrainian crisis and other relevant topics. He stressed that the meeting was being held at the level of world leaders, so there would be no secondary topics on the agenda.

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On May 18, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov announced that Vladimir Putin would sign a declaration on the establishment of a multipolar world with Chinese President Xi Jinping during his visit to China. At the beginning of the program, Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping will take part in the opening ceremony of a humanitarian project dedicated to the cross-years of education, where they will deliver brief welcoming speeches.

After that, the leaders of the two countries will go to the House of People's Assemblies for negotiations. 360.ru . All the deputy prime ministers and a number of federal ministers will take part in this part of the talks, and a private meeting of the leaders of Russia and China over tea is planned. Ushakov stressed that this would be one of the key events of the visit.

Then the rest of the delegation, including business representatives, will join the negotiations. Following the meeting, it is planned to sign about 40 documents on cooperation in industry, transport and energy, writes NSN. In addition, the topic of the Power of Siberia – 2 gas pipeline will be discussed in detail, the website writes kp.ru .

Ushakov also said that Putin would meet with an engineer in China, who, as a child, met him during his first visit to China in 2000, RT clarifies.

At the same time, Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian president, said that Moscow had serious expectations for Putin's visit to China, writes RIAMO. He noted that such contacts give a new impetus to the development of relations between the countries, IA Regnum reports.

Putin's visit to China will begin on the morning of May 20 in Beijing with an official ceremony at Tiananmen Square. The Russian delegation will include deputy prime ministers, ministers, heads of regions and business representatives.

For Moscow, this trip is important not only as another contact between the leaders, but also as an attempt to consolidate political and economic agreements against the backdrop of a changing international situation. Life.ru .