RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will visit China next week, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang said yesterday.

They will attend the Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia to be held in Shanghai, Qin said.

The Kremlin said Putin will oversee the signing of a number of “important agreements” in trade and energy when he is in Shanghai.