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Russian Security Council chief to visit China on November 11-14

Apart from that, he will hold talks with Chinese Communist Party secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission overseeing national security and intelligence Cheng Wenqing

MOSCOW, November 10. /TASS/. Russian Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu will pay a working visit to China on November 11 through 14, the Council’s press service said.

"On November 11 through 14, 2024, Secretary of the Russian Security Council Sergey Shoigu will pay a working visit to China. The Security Council secretary will hold strategic security consultations with Chinese Foreign Minister and member of the Political Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee Wang Yi to discuss current problems of international and regional security, as well as a wide range of issues of bilateral cooperation," it said.

Apart from that, he will hold talks with Chinese Communist Party secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission overseeing national security and intelligence Cheng Wenqing. Topics will include issues combating extremism, terrorism, and transnational crime. Shoigu will also visit the Airshow China 2024 in Zhuhai, where Russia’s fifth-generation Su-57 fighter jet will be exhibited for the first time.

Shoigu’s previous meeting with Wang Yi took place in St. Petersburg in September on the sidelines of the meeting of BRICS and BRICS+ high representatives. Shoigu noted back then that relations between Russia and China could be characterized as strategic partnership.