Lavrov to meet with Wang Yi on February 22

On February 22, Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov will meet with Wang Yi, Head of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee. informs TASS with reference to the press service of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

“Tomorrow there will be a meeting between Sergei Viktorovich Lavrov and Wang Yi,” the ministry said.

At the end of January, Vedomosti, citing two sources close to the presidential administration of Russia, wrotethat Wang Yi will arrive in Moscow on a working visit on the 20th of February 2023. It was assumed that a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China could discuss issues related to the preparation of the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to the Russian capital. At the end of December 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he was waiting for the PRC leader to pay a state visit to Russia in the spring of 2023.

The day before, February 20, Bloomberg wrotethat Wang Yi will come to Moscow after he announces the PRC proposal for a peaceful settlement of the conflict in Ukraine. According to the agency, the plan includes the introduction of a truce and the refusal to supply weapons to Kyiv. Formerly Wang Yi informedthat the document is scheduled to be published before the end of February.

Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov allowedthat Putin may also meet with Wang Yi during his visit to Moscow. The Kremlin did not give an exact date.