The Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev will participate in a series of meetings and consultation during a two -day visit to China, starting today.

Mr. Patrushev will attend the 17th Sino -Russian strategic security dialogue forum and the 7th Central -Russian Law Security Cooperation Conference, according to the announcement on the Chinese Foreign Ministry's website day

Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev at Kremlin in Moscow in 2018. Photo: Reuters.

The visit took place after the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Uzbekistan on September 15.

At the meeting, Xi expressed that Beijing is ready to cooperate with Russia to strongly support the issues related to the core interests of each country.

The Kremlin boss also said that he understood Beijing had questions and concerns about Moscow's stance in a conflict in Ukraine, the US movement thought to be somewhat unexpected.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Chinese President Xi Jinping at a meeting in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on September 15.

Russia has recently praised China's equilibrium attitude.