China's Xi to meet Putin in Moscow next week

China's President Xi Jinping volition question to Moscow adjacent week to clasp talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, officials say.

The Kremlin said they would sermon a "comprehensive concern and strategical co-operation".

The sojourn comes arsenic Beijing, an state of Russia, has offered proposals to extremity the warfare successful Ukraine, which the West has fixed a lukewarm reception.

Western countries person warned Beijing against supplying Moscow with weapons.

Beijing's overseas ministry said Mr Xi volition beryllium successful Russia from 20 to 22 March astatine the invitation of Mr Putin.

A fig of "important bilateral documents" are expected to beryllium signed.

The nonsubjective of the gathering is to deepen bilateral trust, ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said.