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full screen Chinese honor guards wait for Russian President Vladimir Putin to arrive at Beijing International Airport on Tuesday. Photo: Parker Song/AP/TT
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in China on Tuesday ahead of his meeting with the country’s leader Xi Jinping, AFP journalists report
The Russian president’s plane landed in Beijing just before 9:30 on Tuesday morning.
The trip to China is Vladimir Putin’s first trip to the country since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.