Putin's trip will coincide with the 25th anniversary of the Treaty of Good-Neighbourliness and Friendly Cooperation between Russia and China.Getty Images

Putin to visit China just days after Trump – POLITICO

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Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on an official visit to Beijing on May 19-20, the Kremlin confirmed on Saturday.

The visit will come just days after U.S. President Donald Trump was in China for a two-day summit on May 14-15, which marked the first American presidential trip to China in almost a decade.

Putin’s trip will coincide with the 25th anniversary of the Treaty of Good-Neighbourliness and Friendly Cooperation between Russia and China, which serves as the groundwork for relations between the two countries.