PRC President Hu Jintao meets the Russian president
China will work jointly with Russia to implement agreements, steadfastly strengthen political trust, deepen practical cooperation, intensify strategic coordination and maintain the favorable development of bilateral relations. Hu hoped both countries would promptly draw up the 2009–2012 implementation program for the Chinese-Russian Treaty of Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation. He was confident that, through joint efforts, their strategically oriented partnership would continue to develop.
On Asia-Pacific cooperation, Hu said the overall situation was stable, although some destabilizing factors remained. China and Russia should strengthen strategic coordination to ensure Asia-Pacific security and peace and stability regionally and globally.
President Vladimir Putin said joint efforts had brought Chinese-Russian relations to their highest point. Leadership meetings had become more frequent, bilateral trade was growing rapidly and cultural exchanges had intensified. Over 500 events were successfully held during the national years. Friendly cross-border cooperation was steadily expanding. The parties maintained important international cooperation and had jointly improved the effectiveness of Shanghai Cooperation Organization mechanisms. Putin said China’s president and government attached enormous importance to Russian-Chinese relations and worked hard to strengthen cooperation in every field.
Putin stressed that Russia firmly supported China’s position on Taiwan and would not change its Taiwan policy.
Source: Xinhua News Agency