High-ranking Chinese politician to visit Russia on August 14-17

BEIJING, August 9. /TASS/. Member of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Political Bureau Yang Jiechi will visit Russia on August 14-17, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Lu Kang said in a statement on Thursday. According to the statement, Yang Jiechi will participate in the 14th round of Russian-Chinese consultations on strategic stability. The previous round of such consultations took place in the Chinese capital of Beijing in July 2017. Yang Jiechi will make a visit to Russia at the invitation of Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev. Patrushev said earlier that Yang Jiechi was also expected to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Read more