He said this at a video conference meeting with Premier of the State Council of China Li Keqiang.

“Our countries have coinciding approaches to many problems of our time.

Together we stand for the formation of a multipolar architecture of international relations.

And we are ready to jointly resist emerging challenges and growing external pressure, ”TASS quoted him as saying.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his congratulations on the occasion of the founding of the PRC, noted the development of relations between the two countries in various fields in the spirit of comprehensive partnership and strategic interaction.