
An aide to the President of the Russian Federation announced his intention to hold negotiations between the leaders of Russia and China.
Russian Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov announced the Kremlin’s intention to organize a separate meeting between Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the upcoming APEC summit.
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Discussion of organizing a bilateral meeting between the leaders of Russia and China at an international summit.
Assistant to the Russian leader Yuri Ushakov announced the Kremlin’s desire to organize a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the APEC summit.
“Each of the leaders is going to come to the APEC summit. Naturally, we will try to plan separate meetings with our leader and, naturally, with Mr. Xi Jinping,” Ushakov told Vesti author Pavel Zarubin.
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