BEIJING: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday expressed to Russia China’s willingness to share development opportunities, expand two-way opening-up, and enhance mutually beneficial cooperation to strive for more achievements in various aspects of bilateral cooperation.
That came as Li co-chaired the 25th regular meeting with his Russian counterpart Mikhail Mishustin via video link. Li said China and Russia, as the biggest neighboring countries of each other, have been following a policy of good-neighborliness based on mutual respect with an eye on realizing mutual benefits and win-win results. He hailed the two countries’ cooperation amid COVID-19, as well as the sustained and high-level development of bilateral ties led by the two countries’ leaders. Despite the withering global economy and sluggish trade and investment, Li said China and Russia made renewed progress in multiple fields. It is indicated by closer bilateral trade, the blooming development of emerging business forms, steady advancement of major projects of strategic importance in energy and other sectors, and new outcomes in the Far East and subnational cooperation.
All these speak volumes about the strong complementarity and massive potential of bilateral cooperation, the premier added.
“China is willing to work with Russia in drawing on the past achievements and experience of cooperation to inject new impetus into the sustained and sound development of the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era,” said Li.
After listening to the relevant work reports delivered by the two sides, Li and Mishustin highly appreciated the effective and pragmatic work done over the past year, hailing the sound momentum in exchanges and cooperation between the two countries at multiple levels in various fields. –PNP
