Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in the southwestern Russian city of Ufa on Wednesday to attend the 7th BRICS summit slated for July 8-9.
China called on Friday for combined efforts with Uzbekistan to develop a plan for building the Silk Road Economic Belt and promote greater cooperation in energy, agriculture and production capacity.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is the foreign head of state with whom Xi has met most frequently over the past two years.
China and India should work together to build a closer, more comprehensive and firmer partnership among the BRICS countries, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in Ufa Wednesday.
Ahead of the BRICS and SCO summits to be held here in less than 24 hours, a well-equipped media center opened on Tuesday to receive journalists coming from both home and abroad.
Leaders from the BRICS countries are expected to discuss long-term goals of the bloc and measures to promote cooperation at their summit in Ufa, Russia.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the 7th BRICS summit and 15th SCO summit to be held in Ufa of Russia next week.
Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi Tuesday urged BRICS members to unite and promote multi-lateralism in international relations.
Soldiers participate in the exercise of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states near Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyzstan, on April 24, 2015.