China's top legislator Wu Bangguo arrived in Moscow on Sunday to
continue his four-day official goodwill visit to Russia.
During his stay here, Wu, chairman of the Standing Committee of
China's National People's Congress (NPC), will meet with Russian
President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov.
He will also hold talks with Russian Federation Council (upper
house) Chairman Sergei Mironov and State Duma (lower house)
Chairman Boris Gryzlov respectively on bilateral ties,
international and regional issues of common concerns.
Wu will attend the first meeting of the cooperation committee
between the NPC and the State Duma
He will also attend a meeting among parliament leaders from the
six members of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to be held
in Moscow on Tuesday.
Wu arrived here from Volgograd, Russia. Russia is the last leg
of Wu's four-nation tour which has already taken him to Romania,
Moldova and Greece.
(Xinhua News Agency May 29, 2006)
