Putin is to visit China on May 19 and 20, less than a week after US President Donald Trump went there for talks with President Xi Jinping.
“We have very serious expectations for this visit,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, Reuters reported.
The “no limits” partnership between China and Russia, the world’s biggest producer of natural resources, has strengthened since the West imposed sanctions to punish Russia for the Ukraine war.
“We and our Chinese friends refer to it as a particularly privileged and strategic partnership,” Peskov said.
The Russian delegation will include relevant deputy prime ministers, government ministers and company heads, he said.
Peskov was asked if plans would be discussed for the proposed Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline, which could one day deliver an additional 50 billion cubic meters per year from Russia’s Arctic gas fields via Mongolia to China.
“All issues that are on the economic agenda of our bilateral relations will naturally be addressed,” he replied.