China, Russia to hold strategic security consultation

Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev will visit China from June 4 to 6, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Thursday.

Patrushev will attend the 10th round of China-Russia strategic security consultation and the first meeting of a cooperative mechanism on security and law enforcement between the two countries, spokesman Qin Gang said at a daily news briefing.

Patrushev's visit is at the invitation of security chief Meng Jianzhu and State Councilor Yang Jiechi.

Meng Jianzhu is the head of the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.