Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 31. On December 31, 2020, President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin exchanged New Year congratulations.
In the congratulatory message, Xi Jinping, on behalf of the Chinese government and the Chinese people, extended sincere congratulations and best wishes to President Putin and the Russian people.
Xi Jinping pointed out that 2020 is an extraordinary year.
This year, the Chinese and Russian peoples helped each other and helped each other in the same boat, joined hands in the fight against the epidemic, and continued to write a new chapter in the good-neighborly friendship between the two countries.
The two sides launched the China-Russia Science and Technology Innovation Year, promoted the stable development of bilateral economic and trade cooperation under the conditions of normalization of epidemic prevention and control, and promoted the "Belt and Road" construction and the Eurasian Economic Union to achieve new results.
The two countries jointly celebrated the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War and the 75th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, demonstrated their firm determination to defend international fairness and justice, and made new contributions to building a new type of international relations and a community with a shared future for mankind.
This year, President Putin and I spoke on the phone many times, attended a series of multilateral video summits, exchanged in-depth views on Sino-Russian relations and major international and regional issues, and reached new important consensus. I highly appreciate this.
Xi Jinping emphasized that the coming 2021 will have special significance for China-Russia relations.
The two sides will focus on celebrating the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Sino-Russian Treaty of Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation, vigorously promote the concept of friendship between the two countries from generation to generation, draw a new vision for the development of Sino-Russian relations in the new era, and add new content.
I am willing to maintain close exchanges with President Putin through various forms, leading the two sides to continuously deepen comprehensive strategic coordination and pragmatic cooperation in various fields, so as to bring greater benefits to the two peoples and inject more positive energy into the turbulent and changing world.
In the congratulatory message, Putin extended heartfelt New Year congratulations to President Xi Jinping and wished all Chinese people good luck and health.
Putin said that in the coming year, the Russia-China comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation has continued to develop rapidly. The governments, legislative bodies and various departments of the two countries have maintained close communication. The large-scale Russia-China Year of Science and Technology Innovation has been launched smoothly and bilateral economic and trade cooperation Overcome the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic and maintain high-level operations.
The two sides coordinate closely to jointly promote the resolution of regional and international hotspot issues, and work together within the framework of the United Nations, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the BRICS.
Next year, we will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the signing of the "Russian-China Treaty of Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation". We believe that the two sides will continue to uphold the spirit of the treaty and work together to promote new development achievements in Russia-China relations.
On the same day, Premier Li Keqiang and Russian Prime Minister Mishustin exchanged New Year congratulations. Li Keqiang said in the congratulatory message that in the past year, China and Russia have worked hard to overcome the impact of the epidemic and external challenges, and promoted cooperation in various fields between the two sides to maintain a positive momentum of development. The two sides successfully held the 25th regular meeting between the prime ministers of China and Russia and reached many important consensuses. I would like to further strengthen communication and cooperation with Prime Minister Mishustin, give full play to the coordination and coordination role of the regular meeting mechanism between the two prime ministers, and promote the sustained, healthy and stable development of the pragmatic cooperation between the two sides. Mishustin said in the congratulatory message that he believed that the regular meeting mechanism between the Russian and Chinese prime ministers in the new year will further promote the implementation of the set goals and tasks between the two sides and promote the cooperation between the two countries to a higher level.