The Chinese Prime Minister, Li Qiang, will visit Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Russia from October 17-22, where he will attend a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (OCX) and hold talks with the Russian counterpart, Beijing announced today.
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15/10/2026
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Li Qiang
O chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang will visit Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Russia from October 17-22, where he will attend a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (OCX) and hold talks with the Russian counterpart, Beijing announced today.
The spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Office In a press conference, Mao Ning stated that Li will visit Uzbekistan between 17 and 18 October, Tajikistan between 18 and 20 and Russia between 20 and 22, at the invitation of the respective Heads of Government.
In Tajikistan, the ruler will participate in the 25th meeting of the OCX Board of Heads of Government, an organization which celebrates this year the 25th anniversary and brings together 10 countries, including China, Russia, India and Iran.
According to Mao, the meeting will address the implementation of the agreements reached at the organisation’s recent summits in Tianjin, North-East China, and Bisqueque, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, and “strengthen regional cooperation”.
The last leg of the journey takes I read to Russia, where, together with the Russian counterpart, Mikhail Mishustin, will participate at the 31st regular meeting between the prime ministers of both countries, a mechanism to coordinate bilateral cooperation.
The visit coincides with the 30th anniversary of the Sino-Russian strategic partnership and the 25th anniversary of the Treaty of Good Neighborhood, in the context of increasing political, trade and energy coordination between Beijing and Moscow, in the face of the war in Ukraine, the conflicts in the Middle East and the disturbances in world trade.
The visit precedes the summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC), scheduled for 18 and 19 November, in Shenzhen, southeast China.
The Kremlin confirmed a meeting between the Russian and Chinese presidents, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, on the sidelines of the summit, while Moscow also admitted the possibility of a trilateral meeting with US President Donald Trump, although there are no confirmed preparations for this meeting.