OUR Chinese chairman Xi Jinping planning to visit her Russia meet your Russian colleague Vladimir Putin soon, even next week, a knowledgeable source said.

The visit comes at a time when China appears poised to broker an end to the war in Ukraine, an effort the West is skeptical of.

Russian news agency TASS reported on January 30 that Putin had invited Xi to visit his country in the spring. The American Wall Street Journal reported in February that the Chinese President would visit Moscow in April or early May.

At present, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has not commented on this information.

In February, Putin met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Moscow and said that President Xi would also visit the Russian capital soon.

China and Russia forged a “borderless” partnership in February 2022 when Putin visited Beijing for the opening of the Winter Olympics.

The two leaders have met 39 times, most recently in September during a summit in Central Asia.

^{Source: APE-MEB, Reuters}