Chinese President Xi Jinping holds talks with Russian President Putin
(Baonghean.vn) - Xinhua News Agency reported that on the morning of May 16, Chinese President Xi Jinping held large-scale talks with President Vladimir Putin, while the Russian leader was visiting China on a state visit. The talks took place at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
Xi Jinping once again extended a warm welcome to Putin during the Russian leader's state visit to China, the news agency said.
Xi pointed out that this was Putin's first overseas trip after starting his new presidential term. This shows the great importance that President Putin himself and the Russian government attach to the development of Sino-Russian relations. China highly values this.
This year marks the 75th anniversary of China-Russia diplomatic relations, Xi Jinping said, marking an important milestone in the history of China-Russia relations.
Accordingly, over the past 75 years, China and Russia have jointly found a new path for major countries and neighboring countries to treat each other with respect, pursue friendship and win-win cooperation.
The Chinese leader added that with the concerted efforts of both sides, China-Russia relations have progressed steadily, with comprehensive strategic coordination strengthened and further cooperation in economy, trade, investment, energy, people-to-people exchanges at the local level and other fields.
This has made positive contributions to maintaining global strategic stability and further promoting democracy in international relations, Mr. Tap affirmed.
Stressing that this year marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping said China is pushing forward with national modernization on all fronts and moving faster to foster new quality productive forces through high-quality development, which will add new impetus to global economic growth.
Both China and Russia are permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and major emerging markets. Both countries share the same strategic choice of strengthening strategic coordination, expanding mutually beneficial cooperation, and following the general historical trend of a multipolar world and economic globalization.
Mr. Xi Jinping said that the two sides should consider the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations as a new starting point, further synergize development strategies and continue to enrich bilateral cooperation, aiming to bring greater benefits to the two countries and peoples.
The Chinese president expressed his willingness to work with Russian President Putin to jointly guide the future direction of bilateral relations and outline new cooperation plans between the two countries in various fields.