Xi will honor soldiers during Russia trip

Visits to Kazakhstan and Belarus will center on improving their strategic partnerships

President Xi Jinping will meet with representatives of senior Russian soldiers and experts during his trip abroad starting later this week, as Beijing and Moscow are set to make their own trans-Eurasia blueprints.

Xi will begin his visit to Kazakhstan on Thursday, visit Russia from Friday to Sunday and attend the ceremony to commemorate the 70th anniversary of victory of the Great Patriotic War (1941-45) in Moscow, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang announced on Monday.