Relations between Moscow and Beijing have reached an unprecedented level and have become a model of responsibility, efficiency and commitment to the future, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
“The Russian Federation and the PRC are close neighbors bound by centuries-old traditions of friendship and trust. We highly appreciate that the Russian-Chinese relations of comprehensive partnership and strategic interaction, entering a new era, have reached an unprecedented level, have become a model of efficiency, responsibility, and aspiration for the future,” the Russian leader said in an article for the Xinhua News Agency, published on the website Kremlin.
Putin recalled that the basic principles of bilateral cooperation between Russia and China are defined in the Treaty of Good Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation. One of the main principles of joint work between Moscow and Beijing is equality, consideration of each other’s interests, freedom from political and ideological conjuncture.
“Our countries play an important stabilizing role in today’s far from simple international situation, they contribute to the processes of democratization of the system of interstate relations in order to make this system more fair and inclusive,” the Russian President summed up.