President Putin will meet President Xi Jinping in Vietnam

Russian President Vladimir Putin will have a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping today, November 10, when the two leaders arrive in Vietnam to attend the APEC summit.

President Xi Jinping and President Putin. Photo: EPA

News agencySputnik(Russia) said that President Putin will have a bilateral meeting with President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Da Nang today, November 10. Previously, the two leaders agreed to hold this meeting during a phone call at the end of October.

According to Kremlin adviser Yury Ushakov, this bilateral meeting between the Chinese President and the Russian President is of particular importance and the results from the talks between Mr. Putin and Mr. Xi will be very useful for Moscow.

According toSputnik,President Putin will also hold a bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to discuss issues related to cooperation between the two countries as well as international issues.

In addition, the Russian leader is expected to meet his Philippine counterpart, President Rodrigo Duterte, to discuss the crisis in the southern Philippine city of Marawi, as well as issues related to promoting trade and economic cooperation.

It is not yet clear whether President Putin will have a bilateral meeting with US President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, the White House said today that the meeting between the two Russian and US leaders will not take place in Vietnam.

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