Putin to hold talks with Xi, attend SCO summit and military parade during China trip, Kremlin says

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks with President Xi Jinping in China next week, attend a security summit, and be the “main guest” of Xi’s at a military parade on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, the Kremlin said on Friday.

Putin will be in China, Russia’s biggest trading partner, from August 31 to September 3, Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters, saying a four-day trip of its kind was very rare for the Russian leader.

The first two days will be…