Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping have prepared to hold talks in Beijing, just days after US President Donald Trump’s visit to China amid the Iran war.
The visit comes a week after Trump paid a state visit to China, marking the first time Beijing has hosted the leaders of Russia and the US in the same month outside a multilateral setting.
Putin’s delegation is “state-heavy”—comprising energy executives, security officials, and industrial planners—reflecting a logic of “strategic survival under constraint.”
Focus on trade and conflicts
Topics on the agenda include bilateral relations, trade, the Israeli-US war on Iran, energy cooperation and the Ukraine conflict.
Energy cooperation is expected to deepen, while trade targets are likely to be reaffirmed or modestly raised.
