Xi set for trip to Sochi Games
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="President">President</span> <span word="Xi">Xi</span> <span word="Jinping">Jinping</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="attend">attend</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="opening">opening</span> <span word="ceremony">ceremony</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Winter">Winter</span> <span word="Olympic">Olympic</span> <span word="Games">Games</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Sochi">Sochi</span>, <span word="Russia">Russia</span>, <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Feb">Feb</span> 6 <span word="to">to</span> 8, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="overseas">overseas</span> <span word="trip">trip</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="president">president</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="major">major</span> <span word="sports">sports</span> <span word="event">event</span>.</p><p><span word="Xi">Xi</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="visited">visited</span> <span word="Russia">Russia</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="becoming">becoming</span> <span word="president">president</span>.</p><p><span word="Foreign">Foreign</span> <span word="Ministry">Ministry</span> <span word="spokesman">spokesman</span> <span word="Hong">Hong</span> <span word="Lei">Lei</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="regular">regular</span> <span word="news">news</span> <span word="briefing">briefing</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span>, "<span word="Mutual">Mutual</span> <span word="support">support</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="important">important</span> <span word="feature">feature</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="China">China</span>-<span word="Russia">Russia</span> <span word="relations">relations</span>."</p><p><span word="In">In</span> 2008, <span word="then">then</span>-<span word="Russian">Russian</span> <span word="prime">prime</span> <span word="minister">minister</span> <span word="Vladimir">Vladimir</span> <span word="Putin">Putin</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="president">president</span>, <span word="attended">attended</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="opening">opening</span> <span word="ceremony">ceremony</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span> <span word="Olympic">Olympic</span> <span word="Games">Games</span>.</p><p><span word="Xi">Xi</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="trip">trip</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Sochi">Sochi</span>, <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Putin">Putin</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="invitation">invitation</span>, "<span word="fully">fully</span> <span word="shows">shows</span> <span word="China">China</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="support">support</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Russia">Russia</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="reflects">reflects</span> <span word="friendship">friendship</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="heads">heads</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="state">state</span>," <span word="Hong">Hong</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="He">He</span> <span word="wished">wished</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Sochi">Sochi</span> <span word="Winter">Winter</span> <span word="Olympics">Olympics</span>, <span word="being">being</span> <span word="held">held</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Feb">Feb</span> 7 <span word="to">to</span> 23, "<span word="full">full</span> <span word="success">success</span>."</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="mid">mid</span>-<span word="December">December</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Sochi">Sochi</span> 2017 <span word="steering">steering</span> <span word="committee">committee</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="about">about</span> 40 <span word="world">world</span> <span word="leaders">leaders</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="visit">visit</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Games">Games</span>, <span word="although">although</span> <span word="some">some</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="President">President</span> <span word="Barack">Barack</span> <span word="Obama">Obama</span>, <span word="have">have</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="attend">attend</span>.</p><p><span word="Reuters">Reuters</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Xi">Xi</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="decision">decision</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="attend">attend</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="positive">positive</span> <span word="development">development</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Putin">Putin</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="attached">attached</span> <span word="great">great</span> <span word="importance">importance</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Games">Games</span>.</p><p><span word="Yang">Yang</span> <span word="Cheng">Cheng</span>, <span word="deputy">deputy</span> <span word="director">director</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Center">Center</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Russian">Russian</span> <span word="Studies">Studies</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="East">East</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="Normal">Normal</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Shanghai">Shanghai</span>, <span word="said">said</span>, "<span word="For">For</span> <span word="Russia">Russia</span>, <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="support">support</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Winter">Winter</span> <span word="Olympics">Olympics</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="incredibly">incredibly</span> <span word="important">important</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="Western">Western</span> <span word="leaders">leaders</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="attending">attending</span>."</p><p><span word="Foreign">Foreign</span> <span word="Minister">Minister</span> <span word="Wang">Wang</span> <span word="Yi">Yi</span> <span word="mentioned">mentioned</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="efforts">efforts</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="consolidate">consolidate</span> <span word="ties">ties</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Moscow">Moscow</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Dec">Dec</span>16 <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="seminar">seminar</span> <span word="reviewing">reviewing</span> <span word="China">China</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="foreign">foreign</span> <span word="policies">policies</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="past">past</span> <span word="year">year</span>.</p>
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