China News Agency, Moscow, May 25 (Reporter Wang Xiujun) Russian President Vladimir Putin had a phone conversation with Yang Jiechi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission, who was attending the 16th round of the China-Russia Strategic Security Consultation in Moscow on the 25th. .
Putin asked Yang Jiechi to convey cordial greetings to President Xi Jinping.
He said that Russia-China relations are at the best period in history, and it is very important for the two heads of state to maintain close exchanges.
Russia is firmly committed to promoting the high-level development of the Russia-China comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination, and is willing to further strengthen strategic coordination and cooperation with China, defend multilateralism, and contribute to maintaining global strategic stability.
Yang Jiechi conveyed the sincere greetings and oral messages from President Xi Jinping to President Putin.
Yang Jiechi said that under the personal planning and strategic guidance of the two heads of state, the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination in the new era has always maintained a strong momentum of development.
The two sides firmly support each other on issues concerning each other's core interests, and have established a model of a new type of international relations featuring mutual respect, fairness, justice, and win-win cooperation, and injected valuable stability and positive energy into the turbulent and changing world.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Sino-Russian Treaty of Good-Neighborliness, Friendship, and Cooperation. China is willing to work with Russia to fully implement the consensus reached by the two heads of state, to do a good job in this consultation, and to transform the high-level political mutual trust between China and Russia into more strategic cooperation results.
On the same day, Yang Jiechi and Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Patrushev co-chaired the 16th round of China-Russia strategic security consultations. They exchanged in-depth views on China-Russia relations and a series of major issues related to international security and strategic stability, and reached broad consensus. .
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