Chinese President to Visit Russia on May 7-10: Kremlin

Chinese President Xi Jinping departing from Phnom Penh, Cambodia on April 18, 2025. (Photo by POOL / AFP)

Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Russia on May 7-10 and join his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at commemorations of the Allied victory against Nazi Germany, the Kremlin said on Sunday.

The visit coincides with heightened tensions between Beijing and Washington over swingeing US trade tariffs and Putin’s order for a three-day truce in Ukraine, to coincide with Russia’s World War II Victory Day on May 9.

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