By Riyaz ul Khaliq
ISTANBUL (AA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay a two-day state visit to China from Thursday, Beijing announced on Tuesday.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Putin will undertake the visit at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping.
It is Putin’s first overseas visit since being re-elected as president of the Russian Federation for the fifth time early this year.
Putin visited China in February 2022, days before Russia launched a war on Ukraine.