This year marks the 15th anniversary of the signing of the China-Russia good-neighborly treaty of friendship and cooperation, which Xi said affirmed the two countries’ friendship from generation to generation.
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With President Vladimir Putin heading to China this weekend, officials in both countries extoll a blossoming “strategic partnership” between the two former communist rivals.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will come to China Saturday for a high-profile state visit as China and Russia celebrate the rich legacy of 25 years of diplomatic ties and 20 years of comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination.
Putin made the comments, quoted by Reuters, during a parliamentary speech marking the 75th anniversary of Operation Barbarossa – Nazi Germany’s invasion of Russian Federation during the Second World War. Both are in Tashkent for a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
INTERNATIONAL BALANCE Although financial cooperation was the focus at Putin’s talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the leaders also accepted reinforce international tactical stability. -Russian relationship after disagreements on the wars in Syria and Ukraine at the Russian Economic Forum in St. Petersburg.
“So we always find a solution”, he told Cai.
He had downplayed the recent decline in bilateral trade between the countries, describing the situation as a “temporary downtick” stemming from global economic concerns and differences in exchange rates.
He expressed confidence that Russian Federation and China are able to achieve even greater success in all areas of cooperation: trade, investment in agriculture, energy and high tech.
Rosneft also agreed to build a petrochemical plant in Russia’s Far East with China National Chemical.
The nations should also enhance cooperation in areas including infrastructure interconnection, investment, production capacity, culture and environmental protection, he said.
Putin will visit at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, Lu said in a press release.
This “very well-timed and appealing” vision holds great potential, Putin said. “Still, we should outline the way forward”, Putin said, adding that “an increasing number of countries in the region show interest” in collaboration with the Eurasian Economic Union.
China and Russian Federation should resolutely safeguard the purposes and principles of the United Nations charter, the basic norms of the worldwide relations, global strategic balance and stability, as well as worldwide justice, Xi said.
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“At the summit held previous year in Ufa, Russia, we chose to admit another two states to the SCO – India, and Pakistan”.
