China-Russia alignment

Putin to visit China in May

TEHRAN, Mar. 19 (MNA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to China in May for talks with Xi Jinping, in what could be the Kremlin chief's first overseas trip of his new presidential term.

Lavrov:

Russia prefers China over resuming relations with West

TEHRAN, May 24 (MNA) – "Now that the West has taken a 'dictator's position', our economic ties with China will grow even faster," according to the Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday.