General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold talks with General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith in Beijing on Friday.
At the invitation of Xi, Thongloun is paying a state visit to China from Tuesday to Saturday.
He arrived in Beijing on Thursday morning after visiting Hangzhou in eastern China's Zhejiang Province as the first leg of his five-day state visit to China.
Xi to hold talks with Lao top leader Thongloun
Russia and Ukraine each exchanged 185 prisoners of conflict on Friday, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
Moscow brought 185 Russian servicemen back from territory controlled by Ukraine, while handing 185 Ukrainian captives over to Kiev, it said.
It added that the returned Russian servicemen are currently in Belarus receiving psychological and medical care and will later be transferred to Russia for further treatment and rehabilitation.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed on the same day the return of 185 soldiers as well as one civilian to Ukraine.
Russia, Ukraine swap 370 prisoners
