China, Russia should work to settle hotspot issues: Xi

Beijing:

China and Russia should strengthen communication and co-ordination in international and regional affairs to promote the political settlement of major hotspot issues, President Xi Jinping said.

“China-Russia strategic co-operation plays a key role in safeguarding peace and stability in the region and the world at large,” Mr Xi said when meeting with Russian Presidential Administration chief Sergei Ivanov. “China and Russia are each other’s most important partners in developing a comprehensive strategic co-operative partnership is the mutual choice of both countries.” He called on both countries to take the 15th anniversary of the ChinaRussia Treaty of Good Neighborliness and Friendly Co-operation. He said it was an opportunity to carry forward friendly bilateral cooperation. In July 2001, China and Rus- sia signed the Treaty of Good Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation, laying a strong legal foundation for the two countries to develop a strategic partnership. Mr Xi said both sides should maintain close high-level exchanges and deepen practical co-operation in major areas by synergising each other’s development strategies.

Xinhua