Russian PM to visit China this week

Russia's Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will visit China this week. China and Russia have ramped up economic and diplomatic cooperation in recent years. Mishustin's visit will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday and is a part of a series of regular meetings with his counterpart Li Qiang, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said on Monday. 

The Russian travelled to Shanghai and Beijing in May, where he met President Xi Jinping and signed a series of trade deals. His return to China comes two months after President Vladimir Putin made a trip outside Russia to meet Xi and a month after a senior Chinese general was hosted in Moscow.