2. Xi meets Russia's State Duma chairman

Xi Jinping meets Russia’s State Duma Chairman Volodin

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 22 (Reporter Yang Yijun) – On the afternoon of November 22, President Xi Jinping met with Russian State Duma Chairman Volodin at the Great Hall of the People.

Xi Jinping pointed out that China and Russia are each other's largest neighbors and permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, and share extensive common interests. This year, President Putin and I had two face-to-face in-depth exchanges and reached many new consensuses on deepening China-Russia comprehensive strategic coordination and practical cooperation in various fields. Next year marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Russia. China is willing to work with Russia to continuously deepen bilateral relations featuring permanent good-neighborly friendship, comprehensive strategic coordination, and mutually beneficial cooperation, so as to inject new impetus into the development and revitalization of the two countries and provide more stability for world prosperity and stability. sex.

Xi Jinping emphasized that strengthening cooperation between legislative bodies plays an important role in ensuring the stability and long-term development of China-Russia relations. It is hoped that the Russian State Duma and the National People's Congress of China will strengthen the exchange of legislative experience, give full play to the role of the special committees and parliamentary friendship groups of the two countries' legislative bodies, provide more complete legal support for bilateral cooperation, and ensure the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative and the European Union Connect with the Asian Economic Alliance and deepen communication and collaboration on multilateral platforms such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, BRICS, and the G20.

Volodin said that under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping and President Putin, Russia-China relations have reached the best level in history. All parties in the Russian State Duma have a high degree of consensus in supporting the development of friendly relations with China. Russia firmly adheres to the one-China policy and firmly supports China in safeguarding national sovereignty and territorial integrity. Russia is willing to work with China to strengthen exchanges and cooperation between the legislative bodies and parties of the two countries, actively implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, deepen the friendship and mutual trust between the peoples, and provide strong legal guarantee for the sustainable development of Russia-China comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination in the new era, and provide a strong legal guarantee for the two countries. Contribute to relationship development.

Wang Yi and Peng Qinghua attended the meeting.