Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian –
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
MOSCOW, May 9 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday that China and Russia should take a clear stance and comprehensively coordinate actions to make new and greater contributions to promoting the development and revival of the two countries and upholding international justice.
Xi Jinping made the statement when he and Russian President Vladimir Putin met with the press following talks in Moscow.
In the face of global, epochal and historical changes, China and Russia should firmly guide the development trend of bilateral ties and human society, the Chinese president said.
Noting that the talks with Putin were in-depth, cordial and fruitful, Xi said the two leaders reached new important consensus on many issues, signed a joint statement on further deepening the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era, and witnessed the exchange of a series of documents on bilateral cooperation, which injected new impetus into the development of ties.
Xi Jinping said this was his 11th visit to Russia, the country he visited most often as China’s president. On Friday, the Chinese leader will attend celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory in the Great Patriotic War, his second time in a decade attending the grand commemorative event.
According to Xi Jinping, the past decade has seen major upheavals and transformations in the international situation, as well as a major leap forward in China-Russia relations. The two countries have continuously strengthened and deepened political mutual trust and continuously improved cooperation in various fields.
China and Russia should maintain the long-standing friendship passed down from generation to generation and remain true friends who have endured trials and tribulations, the Chinese president stressed. Eighty years ago, the peoples of the two countries united in the face of the brutal aggression of militarism and Nazism, fought shoulder to shoulder against the common enemy, and wrote a remarkable and heroic chapter in history, he said.
The great friendship forged between the two peoples through the trials of war and bloodshed has laid a solid foundation for the high-level development of bilateral relations, Xi said. China and Russia should deepen political mutual trust, strengthen strategic coordination and push bilateral ties toward greater maturity and sustainability, he added.
The Chinese leader said the two countries should maintain mutually beneficial cooperation and be good partners that help each other prosper.
The “high-speed train” of Chinese-Russian mutually beneficial cooperation has made an extraordinary journey through mountains and valleys, overcoming challenges and obstacles, Xi Jinping said. During World War II, the two sides supplied each other with much-needed supplies despite the difficulties, and have now achieved record trade turnover, he noted.
China and Russia should continue to deepen practical cooperation in various fields and strengthen the material basis for comprehensive strategic coordination so as to bring more benefits to the peoples of both countries and inject stronger impetus into global development, he said.
Xi Jinping noted that Beijing and Moscow should uphold justice and safeguard the international order. China and Russia, as the main theaters of war in Asia and Europe during World War II, made decisive contributions to the victory in the World Anti-Fascist War and laid a solid foundation for the establishment of the post-war international order, he stressed.
The two countries, as forces of stability, progress and development in the international community, should continue to firmly stand shoulder to shoulder, resolutely safeguard the international system with the UN as the core and the world order based on international law, and continuously promote an equal and orderly multipolar world, Xi said.
China and Russia should maintain solidarity and mutual assistance and act as leading forces in global governance, the Chinese President noted, stressing that the future of the world should be decided by all countries together, and the fruits of global development should be shared by all.
As major powers and key emerging market countries, China and Russia have a lofty mission to push global governance toward greater equality and fairness, and should strengthen coordination within multilateral platforms such as the UN, SCO and BRICS, remain committed to genuine multilateralism, guide global governance in the right direction, and promote inclusive economic globalization that benefits everyone, he said.
Xi Jinping stressed that in the current turbulent and complex international situation, China and Russia must firmly adhere to the spirit of strong bilateral good-neighborliness and friendship, comprehensive strategic coordination and mutually beneficial cooperation.
According to him, the two countries should work together to overcome challenges, comprehensively enhance the level, scale and sustainability of China-Russia relations, bring more stability to world peace and security, and inject more powerful impetus into global development and prosperity. –0–