Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 28. President Xi Jinping had a telephone conversation with Russian President Putin on the evening of December 28.
The two heads of state exchanged New Year greetings and wish the Chinese and Russian people a happy new year.
Xi Jinping pointed out that 2020 will be an extraordinary year for China, Russia and the world.
The new crown pneumonia pandemic poses an unprecedented challenge to the safety of human life and has a serious impact on the world economy. The world has entered a period of turbulent change.
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In times of crisis, the unique advantages and valuable value of China-Russia relations have become more prominent.
The two sides have watched and helped each other, overcome the difficulties together, and continued to firmly support each other on issues concerning each other's core interests, reflecting the high level of mutual trust and friendship between the two countries.
The two countries actively lead the international anti-epidemic cooperation, smoothly promote the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" and the Eurasian Economic Union, and jointly celebrate the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War and the 75th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. In the G20, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and BRICS countries Play an important leading role in the multilateral framework, and become the mainstay of maintaining international fairness and justice and practicing multilateralism.
Xi Jinping emphasized that the concept of generational friendship and the principle of new international relations established in the "Sino-Russian Treaty of Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation" is a major innovation in the history of international relations, and its strong vitality and demonstration effect will continue to appear in the current international situation.
The two sides should take the opportunity of celebrating the 20th anniversary of the signing of the treaty next year as an opportunity to advance bilateral cooperation on a larger scale, broader field, and deeper level.
China is actively constructing a new development pattern and promoting reform and opening up from a higher starting point, which will provide broader development opportunities for Sino-Russian cooperation.
The two sides should strengthen the alignment of development strategies, expand new forms of cooperation and new driving forces, continue to successfully hold the China-Russia Year of Science and Technology Innovation, and promote all-round exchanges and cooperation between the scientific and technological communities and industries of the two countries to better promote the high-quality economic development of the two countries.
Xi Jinping emphasized that China-Russia relations have strong endogenous power and independent value, and are not affected by changes in the international situation and are not affected by any other factors.
The strengthening of strategic cooperation between China and Russia can effectively resist any attempts to suppress and divide the two countries and build a solid barrier for maintaining international fairness and justice.
China is willing to work with Russia to unswervingly develop a comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation between China and Russia in the new era, realize the development and rejuvenation of their respective countries, and make greater contributions to building a new type of international relations and a community with a shared future for mankind.
Putin said that despite the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic this year, Russia-China relations have developed steadily. The two sides support each other in the fight against the epidemic, and cooperation in various fields such as economy, trade, energy, and technology continues to advance.
Next year the two sides will jointly celebrate the 20th anniversary of the signing of the "Russia-China Treaty of Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation", which is an important milestone in the history of Russia-China relations.
Russia is unswervingly committed to promoting the high-level development of Russia-China comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination.
I would like to continue to play a strategic leading role with you to ensure that Russia-China relations will get new development in the new year.
Russia is willing to work with China to continue to firmly support each other on issues involving each other’s core interests, to intensify strategic coordination and cooperation in international affairs, and to contribute to maintaining global strategic stability.
The two heads of state agreed to continue to maintain regular communication through various means.