China's Xi to visit Russia next week, his first visit since the Ukraine war

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to China's President Xi Jinping during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization leaders' summit in Samarkand on Sept. 16, 2022.

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BEIJING â Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to visit Russia from March 20 to 22, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Friday.

The visit comes as China called again for a ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war and for peace talks to resolve the conflict that began just over a year ago. Beijing has refused to call Moscow's unprovoked attack on Ukraine an invasion.

The ministry said the visit was at Russian President Vladimir Putin's request. It did not specify whether Putin would meet with Xi.