Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is visiting Beijing this week for talks with leaders of the crucial Moscow partner, Chinas foreign ministry said Wednesday.
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is an essential high-level exchange between China and Russia, foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said at a press conference.Mao did not offer additional information about the travel plan or meetings planned for the former president, now working as deputy head of the Russian Security Council.Russian state-run news company TASS reported earlier that Medvedevs go to his very first to China since December 2022 would include conversations with senior Chinese federal government authorities.
Since Russian President Vladimir Putins February 2022 launch of a full-blown invasion of neighboring Ukraine, China has actually sought to emerge as a neutral party, unlike the United States and other Western nations.But it remains a close political and economic partner of Russia, leading some NATO members to brand Beijing an enabler of the war, which Beijing has never condemned.Medvedev has a restricted function in the Russian political system and is now primarily known for his anti-West diatribes on social media.