CHINA / National
Premier Wen meets Russian president Putin
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-03-22 17:19
China and Russia should further cement and deepen the strategic
partnership of cooperation, said Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Wednesday
in a meeting in Beijing with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The two sides should place their relationship at a more prominent place
in their foreign affairs, Wen said.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) shakes hands with visiting Russian
President Vladimir Putin prior to their talks in the Great Hall of the
People in Beijing March 22, 2006. [newsphoto]
Bilateral relations have entered a new phase of development since the two
countries set up the strategic partnership of cooperation and signed the
Sino-Russian Good Neighborly Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation, Wen
noted.
The events of the Year of Russia and the Year of China are the fruits of
these relations, and reflect the political willingness of Chinese and
Russian leaders to promote all-round cooperation and the expectation of
the two peoples to push for friendship for future generations, he said.
Wen said the stable and mutually-beneficial economic and trade
cooperation between China and Russia fits the long-term interests of both
nations.
The two countries should continue expanding bilateral trade scales,
optimize trade structure, enhance energy cooperation and encourage mutual
investment, so as to lay a more solid base for the development of
bilateral relations, the premier said.
Putin said Russia-China relations are developing at a very high level,
and the two sides are creating a sound political environment for the
growth of the Sino-Russian strategic partnership of cooperation.
The bilateral trade exchanges are enjoying rapid growth, the president
said, calling for both sides to continue increasing cooperation in
energy, machine building, transport, telecommunications, finance,
aerospace and environmental protection.
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