Sergei Naryshkin, the speaker of the State Duma (Russian lower house of parliament) will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing this week, RIA Novosti reported.

A parliamentary delegation headed by Naryshkin will visit China on May 5-8. 

During the visit, Naryshkin will take part in the second meeting of the Russia-China inter-parliamentary cooperation commission. The integration of the Eurasian Economic Union with China’s Silk Road project will be on the agenda of the meeting. 

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