MOSCOW. April 1 (Interfax) - Visits by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Russia and by Russian President Vladimir Putin to China will give fresh impetus to relations between the two countries, Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said.
"I am convinced that the upcoming visit of the [Chinese] president to Russia and your visit to China will certainly give fresh impetus to the development of bilateral relations," Wang said at a meeting with Putin.
Preparations for Xi's visit to Russia "are going quite successfully," he said.