21.03.2023
The Chinese president said that his country will continue to “give priority to global strategic collaboration” between the two states, because “we are great partners.”
the president of china, Xi Jinpingsaid this Tuesday (03.21.2023) -on his second day of visit to Moscow- that China and Russia are “great neighboring powers” and “strategic partners”, and revealed that in a meeting he had on Monday with the regime leader Russian, Vladimir Putininvited him to visit Beijing this year, “when he can.”
Xi, during an interview with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, said Chinese Premier Li Qiang “will continue to give priority to China-Russia global strategic partnership.” And he added: “Yesterday I invited President Putin to visit China this year, when he can.” Xi also called on Mishustin to visit Beijing “as soon as possible.”
Xi arrived at the seat of the Russian Government, known as the White House and which also serves as the seat of Parliament, before moving to the Kremlin to meet once more with Putin and the respective delegations of the two leaders, this time in an official meeting where they awaits the signing of numerous agreements between the two countries.
congratulations and thanks
“First of all, I would like to congratulate you on your re-election as the president of the PRC. And I would like to sincerely thank you for the great personal attention you pay to the development of Russia-China friendship and partnership,” Mishustin told his illustrious visit. . He also highlighted that Russia is the destination chosen by the Chinese leader for his first trip abroad following his re-election.
“This shows the special nature of Russian-Chinese relations entering a new era,” he stressed. “We in Russia are sincerely interested in further strengthening our comprehensive partnership and strategic engagement with China. Our relations are at the highest level in the entire history of many centuries and influence the formation of the global agenda, in the logic of multipolarity” said the Russian prime minister.
The Russian Prime Minister stressed that despite the unfavorable external situation, turbulence in global markets and increased sanctions from the West, Russia-China trade and economic cooperation is developing successfully.
DZC (EFE, AFP)