Kremlin says Putin to visit China in October
President Vladimir Putin is planning to visit China in October, the Kremlin said on Tuesday, as Russia aims to shore up ties with one of its closest allies. "It is known that we have received an invitation and that we intend to go to China when the Belt and Road Forum is held in October," Yuri Ushakov, an aide to the president on international affairs, said in comments carried by Russian news agencies. President Xi Jinping made a state visit to Moscow in March and declared relations between the two countries were entering a new era. (AFP)