Russia’s Shoigu to Visit China Next Week

File image of Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu. Vyacheslav Prokofyev / POOL / AFP

The secretary of Russia’s Security Council, Sergei Shoigu, will visit China next week for talks with top Chinese officials, Russian state news agencies reported.

Moscow and Beijing have deepened military and defense ties since Russia ordered troops into Ukraine nearly three years ago, with Chinese President Xi Jinping one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most important allies on the world stage.

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