China’s top legislator to visit Russia 

China’s top legislator Li Zhanshu will visit Russia to attend the seventh Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok this week.

Li, chairman of China’s National People’s Congress Standing Committee, is the most senior Chinese official to visit Russia since the Ukraine war began.

Currently ranked No.3 in the Chinese Communist Party, Li is due to retire from his Party position at a Party congress next month but will keep his parliamentary position until March.

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Reports say his official visit from September 7 to September 17  will include Russia, Mongolia, Nepal, and South Korea.

He will attend the four-day forum set to begin on Monday, during his stay in Russia.

 China’s President Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin announced a “no limit” strategic partnership in February, weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine.

Zainab Sa’id