President Hu Jintao
met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Busan, South Korea
yesterday, and the two leaders exchanged in-depth views on
bilateral relations and other issues of common concern.
The meeting took place on the sidelines of the 13th Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting.
Both China and Russia are members of the APEC forum.
During the meeting, Hu said that this year witnessed fruitful
achievements in the development of strategic partnership of
coordination between China and Russia and that China is satisfied
with the results achieved in bilateral cooperation in various
areas, said sources from the Chinese delegation.
"We signed the Joint Statement on the International Order of the
21st Century, which comprehensively expounds the common stance of
China and Russia on major international issues," said Hu.
The two countries also successfully conducted the first joint
military maneuver and launched the consultation mechanism on
strategic security and the cooperation between their legislative
bodies, he added.
The 10th regular meeting between the two countries' heads of
government has also achieved fruitful results, he said.
"China attaches importance to Sino-Russian ties and stands ready
to make joint efforts with Russia to push
China-Russia strategic partnership of coordination to a new
level," said Hu.
China also attaches importance to expanding economic cooperation
and trade with Russia, and stands ready to adopt measures to
increase imports from Russia and deepen cooperation in energy,
electromechanical and infrastructure construction, so as to achieve
a win-win result based on mutual benefit, he said.
China attaches importance to the "Russia Year" activities to be
held in China and the "China Year" in Russia, he said.
For his part, Putin said the achievements of cooperation in
various fields between Russia and China demonstrate both sides'
strong aspiration for promoting bilateral friendly ties.
Russia believes that constantly develop Russia-China strategic
partnership of coordination conforms to the interests of both
peoples, he added.
Russia always takes positive attitude toward energy cooperation
with China and will make joint efforts to push forward the
cooperation and achieve new results, he noted.
Russia stands ready to prepare the "Russia Year" in China in
2006, and the "China Year" to be held in Russia in 2007, said
Putin. "Such move will contribute to enhancing mutual understanding
and trust, and strengthening bilateral cooperation and
friendship."
The two heads of state also expressed support to increasing
contacts in border areas, coordinating their regional development
strategies, and encouraging people in the border areas to conduct
communications and mutually beneficial cooperation in various
forms.
The two presidents also exchanged views on regional situation
and agreed to join other countries to maintain regional peace and
stability.
(Xinhua News Agency November 19, 2005)
