Putin confirms that he will meet with the president of China in Uzbekistan – DW (Spanish)

Russian leader Vladimir Putin confirmed this Wednesday (09.07.2022) his plans to meet next week with Chinese President Xi Jinping within the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit, to be held in Samarkand , Uzbekistan. The group is made up of China, Russia, four Central Asian countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan), India and Pakistan. “With President Xi Jinping we will see each other soon, I hope, in Samarkand, in the framework of events related to the SCO,” Putin said in his meeting with the president of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (ANP, the Chinese Legislative), Li Zhanshu, as reported by the Kremlin. The summit will be held on September 15 and 16 and is the first face-to-face meeting of the CSO since the pandemic. “We are preparing a serious and content-rich meeting between our two leaders, and working on a detailed agenda with our Chinese partners,” Russian ambassador to Beijing Andrei Denisov said. According to him, both presidents “have a lot to talk about, both bilaterally and on international issues.” Mao Ning, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, did not confirm the appointment. The Beijing government usually announces its leaders’ trips at the last minute. Good wishes to “comrades” Putin, who asked Li to convey his best words and best wishes to “my good friend” Xi, also wished “Chinese comrades” a successful 20th congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), which will be held on October 16 and in which the country’s president is expected to be re-elected for an unprecedented third term.If he arrives in Uzbekistan, it would be Xi’s first trip abroad since the outbreak of the pandemic and the first meeting between Putin and the Chinese president since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.Three weeks before launching the military campaign against his neighbor, Putin traveled to Beijing, where both leaders proclaimed a “new era” in bilateral relations.The Kremlin chief also highlighted the “successful development” of the strategic partnership between the two countries, and recalled that the volume of trade between Russia and China has grown by 30 percent in the first half of the year. Although Beijing has opposed Western sanctions on M dark after his attack on Ukraine, he has also insisted that his ties with Russia are those of a “strategic partner” and do not represent an “alliance”. DZC (EFE, AFP)