OREANDA-NEWS  Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese Leader Xi Jinping constantly maintain a strategic dialogue with each other in different formats. This was told by the Chinese Foreign Ministry, writes TASS.

The representative of the diplomatic department of Beijing, Wang Wenbin, said that the countries maintain a rich agenda in all areas of cooperation. So he answered a journalist who asked to comment on Putin's possible visit to China.

Earlier it became known that Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu will visit Russia and Belarus on August 14-19. In Moscow, he will attend the XI Moscow Security Conference, and in Belarus he will meet with military and state figures, as well as pay a visit to military units.