Medvedev to meet with Xi Jinping during visit to China

BEIJING, December 8. /TASS/. Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev during his official visit to China later this month, Vice Foreign Minister Cheng Guoping told reporters on Tuesday. "I believe, Chinese President Xi Jinping will find time for organizing a meeting with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev," Guoping said at a special press conference. During Medvedev’s visit and his talks with China’s Premier Li Keqiang, the sides plan to discuss the Russian-Chinese cooperation in the political, economic and humanitarian spheres, and also security issues, he said. Medvedev is scheduled to pay a visit to China on December 14-17. The Russian prime minister is due to attend a meeting of the Heads of Government Council of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Zhengzhou, in east-central China, on December 14-15. On December 16, Medvedev will speak at the opening ceremony of the Second World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, in east China’s Zhejiang Province. He will also hold the 20th regular meeting of the heads of government of Russia and China in Beijing on December 16-17 together with China’s Premier Li Keqiang. Read more