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Mishustin Begins Two-Day China Visit for Talks With Li Qiang and Xi

The Kremlin calls the trip highly significant, signaling a push to expand economic ties across trade, energy, technology and agriculture.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin attends a meeting with President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia February 7, 2025. Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Pool via REUTERS
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Overview

  • The Russian prime minister departed Monday for a two-day visit that includes a heads-of-government meeting in Hangzhou and a separate session in Beijing.
  • Mikhail Mishustin is slated to meet Premier Li Qiang in Hangzhou, then hold talks with President Xi Jinping in Beijing the following day.
  • Discussions are expected to cover trade and economic ties, transport links, industrial cooperation, energy partnerships, advanced technology and agriculture.
  • Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described the visit as of "very great" importance and did not disclose whether Mishustin carries a message from President Vladimir Putin for Xi.
  • A Russia–China commission meeting in Ningbo, led by Dmitry Chernyshenko and He Lifeng, highlighted rising Russian copper and nickel exports to China and wider access for farm goods.