Russia has become increasingly economically dependent on China as Western sanctions cut off its access to much of the international trading system.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping will visit Russia next month to attend the BRICS summit. The Chinese leader’s visit was confirmed by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday, September 13.
The Chinese leader’s trip is understood to be a step at a time when Moscow and Beijing are seeking to counter the West’s global influence.
It is indicated that Wang Yi personally informed Putin about the upcoming visit of the leader of the People’s Republic of China when he met with him in St. Petersburg, where they discussed the relationship between the two countries.
China’s foreign minister said Xi “happily accepted” Putin’s invitation to attend the BRICS summit in the Russian city of Kazan in October.
Putin, for his part, said that they will also have a bilateral meeting in Kazan and will discuss various aspects of Russian-Chinese relations, which are “developing very steadily” and “in all directions.”
Xi last visited Russia in March 2023, and Putin reciprocated by visiting China in October of the same year. Since then, the two leaders have also met in Beijing in May, where Putin made his first foreign trip in his fifth presidential term, and in Kazakhstan in July.
The BRICS alliance was founded in 2006 by Brazil, Russia, India and China, and South Africa joined in 2010. It has recently been expanded to include Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates. Saudi Arabia has said it is considering joining, and Azerbaijan and Malaysia have formally submitted applications.
Turkey has applied to join the BRICS group of developing countries, which plans to strengthen ties beyond its Western allies.
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