Chinese foreign minister to meet Russian counterpart on visit to Russia

Wang Yi attends a meeting in Ankara, Turkey on July 26. Stringer/AFP/Getty Images/File

China’s top diplomat Wang Yi is expected to discuss the war in Ukraine with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday as he begins a visit to Russia.

Wang will visit the country from September 18 to 21, according to a statement from the Chinese Foreign Ministry. 

He is expected to meet Lavrov to discuss “a wide range of bilateral cooperation issues,” which include a “detailed exchange of views on issues related to a settlement in Ukraine,” according to a statement from the Russian Foreign Ministry last week.

The scheduled meeting comes on the heels of a closely watched summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, which the United States has warned could lead to Pyongyang supplying Moscow with munitions for its war in Ukraine.