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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
Moscow, May 9 (Xinhua) — At a time when the world is entering a new turbulent period of dramatic changes, China and Russia should maintain strategic resolve and maintain strategic coordination, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Thursday.
Xi Jinping made the statement during a tea party and conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin.
As long as the parties maintain strategic determination and maintain strategic interaction, no force will be able to prevent China and Russia from achieving development and growth, will not be able to resist the will of the peoples of the two countries to strengthen traditional friendship, will not be able to restrain the modern trends of the formation of a multipolar world and economic globalization, the Chinese President noted.
Xi Jinping expressed his willingness to maintain close contact with Vladimir Putin to determine the course of further development of Chinese-Russian relations and make a positive contribution to the promotion of global governance.
V. Putin, for his part, noted that Russia and China always overcome adversity together and support each other, and the friendship between the two countries is unbreakable.
The Russian leader expressed his desire to maintain close strategic communication with Xi Jinping, provide strategic guidance for the development of interstate relations, jointly respond to the challenges of the complex international situation, deepen comprehensive strategic interaction, defend the common interests of the two countries, and promote the development of a more just, democratic and multipolar world.
The two heads of state exchanged views on the Ukrainian crisis and other issues. Xi Jinping said that China is an advocate and champion of the concept of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable global security, and believes that it is necessary to take into account the legitimate security concerns of all countries and eliminate the root causes of the crisis in Ukraine.
China welcomes all efforts to promote peace and hopes to achieve, through dialogue, a fair, long-term and legally binding peace agreement acceptable to all parties concerned, he said.
V. Putin highly praised China’s objective and impartial position on the political settlement of the Ukrainian crisis, declared Russia’s readiness to begin peace talks without preconditions and expressed hope for reaching a fair and long-term peace agreement. –0–