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Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Russia for four days starting Wednesday to attend a ceremony in Moscow marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe, which Russia observes as Victory Day, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Sunday.
Xi will engage in “strategic communication” with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who invited him to the war anniversary event next Friday, on the development of bilateral ties and major international and regional issues, the ministry said.
The ceremony will commemorate the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi Germany in what Moscow calls the Great Patriotic War. Xi and Putin are expected to sign a number of bilateral accords during the Chinese president’s visit, Russia’s Tass news agency quoted the Kremlin as saying.
On Sept. 3, China will hold an event to mark the 80th anniversary of what it calls its victory in the 1937-1945 War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.
Xi and Putin have agreed that they will jointly remember history and safeguard the achievements of World War II victory, the postwar international order, international fairness and justice, the ministry said.
Russia and China have been strengthening their ties in recent years, with Beijing opposing Western sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine that started in February 2022. In 2024, the two leaders met in person three times.
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