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High-ranking Chinese politician to visit Russia
BEIJING, August 9, 2018 (BSS /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.
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