China Welcomes Putin’s Attendance at This Year’s APEC Leaders’ Informal Meeting
The APEC Shenzhen summit focuses on China-Russia interactions, and China welcomes Putin’s attendance and promotes cooperation Follow the developments in head-of-state diplomacy and trilateral meetings to get the latest progress on APEC China Year
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on October 3 that China welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend the AsiaPacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' Informal Meeting, which will be held in Shenzhen in November.
In response to foreign media reports mentioning that Putin may meet with Chinese leaders, as well as related claims about a trilateral meeting among Russia, China, and the United States, Guo Jiakun said that headofstate diplomacy plays an important guiding role in ChinaRussia relations. China is willing to work with Russia to promote positive results from this year's APEC "China Year."
Guo Jiakun also said that, as this year's APEC host, China is willing to cooperate with all parties to make new contributions to promoting economic growth in the AsiaPacific and the world; as for the trilateral meeting mentioned by the reporter, China currently has no information to provide.