<span style="color: #222222;">Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived at the Kremlin on Tuesday for formal talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, on matters of concern including the Ukraine conflict.<br />''<br />''The Kremlin has said the two leaders would discuss proposals put forward by China to end more than a year of fighting in Ukraine, and that the talks were likely to end with Xi and Putin signing numbers of agreements.<br />''<br />''Chinese President Xi Jinping earlier also met with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.<br />''<br />''Beijing and Moscow's trade ties have boomed since Russia's Ukraine campaign, linking the nations more closely and raising worries in Western capitals over how far the ties will go.<br />''<br />''Chinese President Xi Jinpingalso invited Putin to visit China this year.<br />''<br />''Chinese President Xi Jinping's trip coincides with a surprise visit to Kyiv by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who visited Bucha, a town where Russian forces were accused of committing atrocities during their occupation last year.</span><br />