Kremlin-Putin Intends To Visit China In October: TASS

State-run TASS reporting that according to a Kremlin adviser Russian President Vladimir Putin has been invited to visit China, and intends to make the trip in October. Regarding other foreign trips, the adviser says that a 'Putin visit to Turkey is in both countries' plans, but no firm date [is] agreed yet,' and that Putin may visit the G20 summit in New Delhi, India in September but no decision has been made yet.

• Putin's visit to China is likely to come during the third 'Belt and Road Forum' hosted by President Xi Jinping, and will be Putin's first since his visit to Beijing in early Feb 2022 for the Winter Olympic Games, just ahead of the launching of the invasion of Ukraine.
• RIA also reports that Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are likely to discuss the recently-cancelled Black Sea Grain Initiative. "[International affairs adviser] Yuri Ushakov said."There is a prospect [of a Putin visit to Turkey], and the fact that during the visit or during the upcoming telephone contacts...issues related to the grain deal will be raised, I think this is quite natural," Ushakov told reporters."