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A possible November meeting between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping was on the agenda when senior US and Chinese officials met over the weekend in Malta. Stephen Engle reports on Bloomberg Television.

Chinese foreign minister set to begin talks in Russia

• China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, will begin a four-day visit to Russia for security talks on Monday, his foreign ministry said.

Agence France-Presse reports that his trip is the latest in a series of high-level visits and phone calls between the two sides, which have a “no limits” partnership.
China’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Monday that Wang would go to Russia for the “18th round of the China-Russian strategic security consultations” from 18 to 21 September at the invitation of Nikolai Patrushev, the secretary of Moscow’s security council.

Wang Yi is set to discuss Ukraine during talks with Russia beginning today.
Photograph: Reuters

In an earlier briefing, Moscow’s foreign ministry said Wang would meet with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, and the two planned to “focus on efforts to strengthen collaboration on the international scene”.
A spokesperson said: 

There will be a detailed exchange of views on issues related to a settlement in Ukraine, as well as ways of ensuring stability and security in the Asia-Pacific region.

China has sought to position itself as a neutral party on the Ukraine war while offering Moscow a vital diplomatic and financial lifeline as its international isolation deepens.
The high-level contact looks set to ramp up, with an aide to Vladimir Putin saying in July that the Russian president was planning to visit China in October.

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