Xi Jinping Visits Russia To Attend BRICS Summit...Reunion with Putin

Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Russia next week to attend the BRICS summit.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hua Chunying said Xi will attend the 16th meeting of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"At this meeting, President Xi will attend major meetings such as the 'Brix Plus' summit and deliver important speeches," spokesman Mao Ning also said at a regular briefing.President

will meet with President Putin four times in a year through this visit to Russia.

Earlier, Putin met with President Xi at the China Belt and Road Summit in October last year, a state visit to Beijing in May this year, and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Kazakhstan in July.The BRICS, which started as an alliance of emerging economies such as

Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, last year accepted new member states such as Egypt, Iran, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Ethiopia, and this year, the leaders of 24 countries, including Turkiye, which wants to join, will attend.