Putin to hold summit with Xi at start of Olympics in Beijing

Fox News contributor Kiron Skinner discusses the end of the US-Russia talks over Ukraine tensions.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing at the start of the Winter Olympics for a summit that will include discussion of Moscow's talks with the U.S. and NATO about Ukraine, according to the official Russian news agency TASS.

According to Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, Putin, who is set to attend the Feb. 4 Opening Ceremony, will focus on "security guarantees" being offered by NATO.

"There has been no coordination [of Moscow’s and Beijing’s actions on security guarantees] until now," Peskov said.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a news conference after his meeting with U.S President Joe Biden at the 'Villa la Grange' in Geneva, Switzerland in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, June 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)

"At the same time, Russia and China, as countries maintaining relations of privileged partnership, are in constant exchange of information and views on the most topical matters, including this one," Peskov added. "That is why, naturally, President Putin will inform Xi about what is going on in this sphere."

Last week, Russian diplomats met with officials from the United States and its NATO allies for security negotiations in three European cities amid the massing of Russian troops and equipment near Ukraine’s border, which has caused concern that Russia could be planning to launch an invasion.

Moscow has denied such an intention and in turn accused Ukrainian authorities of planning an offensive to reclaim control over territories in eastern Ukraine held by Russia-backed separatists