Banned Putin accepts invitation from Chinese leader Xi to attend 2022 Beijing Olympics
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov revealed the news after a meeting with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in the capital of Tajikistan, Dushanbe, on Thursday.
“President Vladimir Putin gladly accepted Xi Jinping’s invitation to attend the Beijing Winter Olympics in February 2022,” said Lavrov.
“And, of course, we hope that a summit can be held in person [between Putin and Xi] and that Chinese and Russian athletes will once again prove their highest athletic and personal qualities,” added Lavrov as he praised the warm relationship between the two neighbors.