China and Russia vowed to upgrade strategic cooperation in all
fields, according to a press statement issued on Friday.
The statement said China and Russia agreed that the strategic
and cooperative partnership had developed rapidly, and mutual trust
had reached an unprecedented height. Cooperation in all fields
benefits the two peoples and contributes to world peace and
stability, it said.
It said the establishment of the sub-committees on environmental
protection and aviation ensured regular meetings between the prime
ministers of China and Russia.
Premier Wen Jiabao and visiting Russian Prime Minister Mikhail
Yefimovich Fradkov held their 11th regular meeting on November
9.
President Hu Jintao and Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing
Committee of the National People's Congress, met with Fradkov.
Seventeen documents have been signed to promote cooperation on
trade, nuclear power, education and other fields during Fradkov's
visit to China.
Wen and Fradkov presented the closing ceremony of the "Year of
Russia in China."
Both agreed that the "Year of Russia" in 2006 and the "Year of
China" in 2007 will have profound significance in furthering
relations, said the statement.
It said the 12th meeting between the two prime ministers will be
held in 2007.
(Xinhua News Agency November 11, 2006)
