China’s leader, Xi Jinping, is set to arrive in Moscow on Monday for a summit with President Vladimir Putin. In a bid to show he is in control of the war in Ukraine before Xi’s arrival, Putin on Saturday visited Crimea and the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol. The Kremlin released footage of the trip to Mariupol.
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China is seeking to use the state visit to burnish Xi’s image as a mediator who can broker peace. But Western leaders have expressed doubts about that — and raised concerns that his visit may actually fan the flames of Moscow’s war.
While Beijing has offered few details on the agenda for Xi Jinping’s two-day visit to Moscow, Russia has shared some information about the agenda.