Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet next week in Uzbekistan, according to a Russian official. It will mark the first time the two leaders have spoken in person since the Ukraine war began in February.
Xi and Putin will meet on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, which will take place in the Uzbek city of Samarkand on Sept. 15-16, Russian Ambassador to China Andrey Denisov told reporters.
