The UK stepped up calls for China to use its influence with Vladimir Putin to push for peace in Ukraine after it was announced that the Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Russia for talks next week.
The two day visit, starting on Monday, was announced by the Kremlin on Friday and is being seen as an apparent show of support for the Kremlin by Beijing. It will be President Xi’s first visit to Moscow since President Putin ordered his troops to invade Ukraine last February.
