Chinese Defence Minister Liang Guanglie said Saturday that China and Russia will continue to maintain close negotiation and coordination in international and regional affairs so as to promote bilateral relations to a new stage.

When meeting with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov on the sidelines of the 10th Shangri-la dialogue hosted by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) here in Singapore, Liang said this year marks the 10th anniversary of the China-Russia good neighborly and friendly cooperation treaty and also 15th anniversary of the establishment of China-Russia strategic partnership relations.

Both sides should make use of this opportunity to intensify the peace ideology of bilateral friendship generation after generation and enhance the traditional friendship of the two peoples, Liang said.

He said the relations of the two armies maintain a favorable momentum, the content of cooperation has constantly enriched, cooperation fields have been expanded and deepened.

The two sides achieved fruitful results in such fields as exchange of high-level visits, military technical cooperation, strategic consultation of general staff headquarters and work dialogue between defence ministries, the defence minister said.

China and Russia also have smoothly implemented the agreement on informing each other of ballistic missiles and space launch vehicles, he added.

Liang hopes the two armies will stick to the common consensus the heads of state of the two countries reached to continuously improve practical cooperation from the long-term perspective of high strategic level.

Ivanov said Russia and China are traditionally friendly countries and play an important role in regional peace and stability.

He said the two armies enjoy broad exchanges and cooperation, hoping the two countries and two armies will continue to strengthen negotiation and cooperation in various fields so as to promote peaceful and stable development of international and regional situation.