New Year's Meeting, Xi Jinping and Putin's "Winter Olympics Covenant" has three new

(A Closer Look at China) At the New Year's Meeting, Xi Jinping and Putin's "Winter Olympics Covenant" has three new changes

　　China News Agency, Beijing, February 4th (Reporter Huang Yuqin Liang Xiaohui Li Jingze) The day of the beginning of spring in the Chinese lunar calendar coincides with the opening of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

On the afternoon of the 4th, Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing to realize the "Winter Olympics Covenant" and "New Year's Meeting".

　　The plan of the year is spring.

In the eyes of experts on international issues, this meeting between the two heads of state in the Chinese New Year is writing down three "news" in Sino-Russian exchanges.

A new chapter of the head of state's diplomacy

　　The new crown epidemic has changed the way of foreign exchanges between countries, and it has also made the first offline meeting between the heads of state of China and Russia in nearly two years.

　　"This time, you came to realize our 'Winter Olympics' contract. I believe that our 'New Year's meeting' today will surely inject more vitality into Sino-Russian relations." Xi Jinping said during his talks with Putin that day.

　　From the perspective of the outside world, from the coast of the Black Sea to the foot of Yanshan Mountain, the two heads of state have achieved the "Winter Olympics mutual visit" over eight years, which is still held as scheduled under the influence of the epidemic, which has become a vivid testimony of the friendship between the two countries led by the diplomacy of the heads of state.

　　"Despite the constant exchanges and interactions between the heads of state of China and Russia during the epidemic, face-to-face communication has always been more direct." Li Yongquan, president of the China-Russia Association of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, pointed out that especially at the important moment of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the two heads of state overcame the impact of the epidemic. The offline meeting is of special significance in itself, sending a positive signal that the two sides maintain close interaction.

　　"The exchanges between the heads of state and top-level design have always played an irreplaceable leading role in the stable development of bilateral relations." Li Ziguo, director of the Eurasian Institute of the China Institute of International Studies, analyzed that this "Winter Olympics Covenant" has been in constant communication. ", not only fully reflects the profound personal friendship between the two heads of state, but also conveys the spirit of solidarity and cooperation between China and Russia.

Cooperation between the two countries injects new vitality

　　Facing the double test of the global epidemic and the global economic downturn, Sino-Russian economic and trade cooperation has moved forward against the trend and has become one of the major highlights of exchanges and interactions between the two countries.

In 2021, the bilateral trade volume between China and Russia will exceed US$140 billion, a year-on-year increase of 35.8% and a new record high.

From energy to infrastructure, from communications to aerospace, the quality and volume of Sino-Russian cooperation have improved simultaneously.

　　In the exchanges between the two heads of state, pragmatic cooperation is also the key word.

In the video meeting between the two heads of state more than a month ago, Putin said that Russia is willing to continue to strengthen cooperation with China in the fields of economy and trade, oil and gas, finance, aerospace and strategic major projects.

Not long ago, when the heads of state of China and Russia exchanged New Year's congratulatory messages, Xi Jinping concluded that the two sides have accelerated the advancement of strategic major projects in the fields of energy, aerospace, and connectivity.

　　At present, all the "blocking points" of practical cooperation between the two countries due to the epidemic have been generally cleared.

In this "New Year's Meeting" in Beijing, from energy projects to technological innovation, Xi Jinping once again identified many areas of cooperation between China and Russia, and emphasized the need to promote all-round pragmatic cooperation between the two countries to achieve more results.

　　"Pragmatic cooperation is one of the most powerful endogenous driving forces for the development of Sino-Russian relations, and it is a direct manifestation of mutual development opportunities." Li Ziguo analyzed and pointed out that the "New Year's Meeting" between the heads of state of China and Russia further tapped into the economic complementarity between China and Russia. Relevant departments of the two countries signed a series of cooperation documents in key areas, which will provide institutional guarantee for future pragmatic cooperation.

　　Su Xiaohui, deputy director of the Institute of American Studies at the China Institute of International Studies, said that the cooperation results reached at the meeting between the heads of state of China and Russia will consolidate the foundation of bilateral relations, and plan a new direction and open a new stage for more comprehensive and in-depth practical cooperation between China and Russia in the future.

Safeguarding the international order and making new voices

　　When a century of changes is superimposed on the epidemic of the century, unilateralism has not diminished on a global scale, and hegemonic thinking is still prominent. It is more urgent to build a fair and just international order.

As important regional and international powers, China and Russia have drawn the attention of the international community on how the two sides will make a common voice.

　　During the talks, Xi Jinping emphasized that in the face of the profoundly complex and evolving international situation, China and Russia are committed to deepening back-to-back strategic cooperation and safeguarding international fairness and justice side by side.

This is a strategic decision that has far-reaching influence on China, Russia and the world, and will not be shaken in the past, present and future.

Putin also pointed out that Russia is willing to further strengthen strategic communication and coordination with China to promote the construction of a more just and reasonable international order.

　　Not only that, the joint statement of the two countries on international relations in the new era and global sustainable development was also released on the same day, focusing on the common positions of China and Russia in terms of democracy, development, security and order, reflecting the two countries’ international The big country's mind and big country's actions displayed on the issue of social anxiety.

　　"China and Russia are big countries with world influence. Strengthening strategic coordination between the two sides has global significance and its role is irreplaceable." Li Ziguo believes that strengthening strategic communication and coordination between China and Russia is not only the need to safeguard their own interests, but also the need to maintain regional peace and stability , but also the need to build international relations of mutual respect, fairness and justice.

　　Keep going, and the future is bright.

Li Yongquan further pointed out that Sino-Russian relations are a "model room" for a new type of major-country relationship. Through this offline meeting between the heads of state of China and Russia, the strategic cooperation between the two countries will be more active, more active and more effective, and it will also bring more benefits to the international situation. Much positive energy.

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