Putin visits China.

On the morning of August 31st, Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Tianjin to attend a series of events during his four-day visit to China. Among these events, Putin will participate in... Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit It took place from August 31st to September 1st.

Russian President Putin's foreign policy advisor, Yury Ushakov, said that such a long foreign trip was "an unusual and rare event" for Putin.

Earlier, the Chinese Foreign Ministry also announced that President Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un would attend the military parade at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on September 3rd. This marks the first time the two leaders have appeared together with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

China will hold a large-scale military parade on September 3rd in Beijing, marking the second parade since 2015 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory over Nazism in World War II.

CNA quoted Chinese military officials as saying that hundreds of aircraft, including fighter jets and bombers, as well as ground equipment never before seen in public, will be featured in this parade.

The parade The parade is expected to last 70 minutes, involving 45 military contingents, with President Xi Jinping inspecting it at Tiananmen Square, along with many foreign leaders and officials, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, who attended China's 2015 military parade.

To date, Beijing has held two large-scale drills on the weekends of August 9-10 and August 16-17, with the participation of 22.000 and 40.000 people respectively, including military personnel, police, and spectators.