Xi calls for even higher-quality China-Russia strategic coordination

President Xi Jinping called on China and Russia to drive the development and revitalization of their respective countries through comprehensive strategic coordination of even higher quality, and work to make the global governance system more just and reasonable.

Xi made the remarks on Wednesday when meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for a two-day state visit.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the China-Russia strategic partnership of coordination and the 25th anniversary of the signing of the China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation.

Xi said China-Russia relations have come this far step by step precisely because the two sides have kept deepening political mutual trust and strategic coordination with unyielding tenacity, and expanded cooperation with a drive to always scale new heights.

It is also because the two countries have defended international justice and fairness and advanced the building of a community with a shared future for humanity with unflappable resolve, he said.

Xi noted that the international situation is fluid and turbulent, marked by resurging unilateralism and hegemonism.

Yet peace, development and cooperation remain the aspiration of the people and the prevailing trend of the times, he said.

As permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and important major countries in the world, China and Russia should take a strategic and long-term perspective, drive the development and revitalization of their respective countries through comprehensive strategic coordination of even higher quality, and work to make the global governance system more just and reasonable, Xi said.