The delegation includes Rosneft President Igor Sechin, Gazprom President Alexei Miller and aluminum tycoon Oleg Deripaska, as well as the heads of the state development corporation VEB, the Rosatom nuclear agency and the Roscosmos space corporation.
Also taking part in the trip are the president of Sberbank Gierman Gref, the president of VTB Bank Andrei Kostin and the president of the Central Bank of Russia Elvira Nabiullina, as well as five deputy prime ministers and eight ministers.
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“A special strategic partnership”
— We are not competing with anyone when it comes to the composition of our delegation, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday. — We are developing our independent and very multidimensional relations with China.
The summit, to be held on May 19-20, comes less than a week after Chinese leader Xi Jinping hosted US President Donald Trump in Beijing. Although Trump also came with a delegation of American businessmen, including Elon Musk and Tim Cook, The Kremlin downplays any comparisonspresenting his own visit as evidence of a “privileged, special strategic partnership.”
“We are determined to talk about this seriously.”
Earlier reports indicated that Putin intends to once again convince Xi to finalize the blocked Power of Siberia-2 gas pipeline project. The proposed route through Mongolia would deliver 50 billion cubic meters. Russian natural gas per year from the Yamal Peninsula to northern China.
Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, and Xi Jinping, President of China, in Tiananmen Square. Beijing, September 3, 2025EPA/ALEXANDER KAZAKOV / SPUTNIK / KREMLIN POOL / PAP
Yuri Ushakov, the Kremlin's foreign policy adviser, confirmed these reports, telling journalists that the topic of the Power of Siberia-2 gas pipeline will be “discussed in detail […] and we are determined to talk about it seriously.”
The Kremlin announced that after the talks ended Putin and Xi will sign a joint declarationto further strengthen its comprehensive partnership.
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