The Russian President Vladimir Putin is arriving on Wednesday in Beijing, where he will participate in the celebrations dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese people in the war of resistance to Japan and the Second world war. Also he will meet with the head of China XI Jinping, and will hold a number of bilateral meetings.

The visit to China by Russian leader once again demonstrates that at this stage the relations between the two countries are the best in their entire history. The delegation will include the head of the Kremlin administration Sergei Ivanov, first Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, Deputy Prime Ministers Olga Golodets and Dmitry Rogozin. Also the talks will be attended by the Minister of foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov, Russian Minister of energy Alexander Novak, Minister of transport Maxim Sokolov, Minister of defense Sergei Shoigu.

This year, Putin has already met twice with the head of China XI Jinping when he visited Moscow on 8-10 may to participate in the celebrations on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Victory in the great Patriotic war, and on June 9 a meeting was held between the two leaders on the sidelines of the BRICS summit and at the meetings of the Council of heads of SCO member States in Ufa, Russia.