MOSCOW, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that China is ready to expand cooperation with Russia in trade, investment, supply chain, mega projects, energy and hi-tech areas.
Xi made the remarks during his meeting with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.
Xi said that China and Russia are each other's largest neighbors and comprehensive strategic partners of coordination, saying that maintaining the healthy and stable development of China-Russia ties conforms to the historical logic of bilateral relations and the fundamental interests of their people.
The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has been a success, and not long ago, new leaders of China's state institutions have been elected during this year's "two sessions," said Xi, adding that the CPC, the country and the Chinese people are unprecedentedly united and are advancing the Chinese modernization in an all-round way.
The new Chinese government highly regards the development of China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination, and is willing to work with the Russian side to push for the realization of new goals of bilateral cooperation and achieve more new results through regular meetings between Chinese premier and Russia primer minister, as well as other institutionalized communication channels.
Xi said that he has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to travel to China for the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation this year.
He noted that Putin attended both of the previous two Belt and Road forums, saying that the Belt and Road cooperation is important in connecting the two countries. ■
