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Chinese, Russian presidents meet on ties

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-06-10 20:14

TASHKENT - Chinese President Hu Jintao met his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent Thursday for talks on ways of further advancing the China-Russia strategic cooperative partnership.

The two leaders are in Tashkent for a Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit slated for Friday. This is the third meeting between Hu and Medvedev this year.

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They had their first meeting this year in April in Brasilia, on the sidelines of a summit of Brazil, Russia, India and China, and met again in Moscow last month when Russia was marking the 65th anniversary of the victory of the Great Patriotic War over Nazi Germany.

During the May meeting, President Hu suggested China and Russia strengthen their coordination and cooperation in the institutionalization of the Group of 20, to seek a greater say for the two countries in international affairs and uphold their legitimate rights and interests and those of other developing countries.

Both countries should keep close communication, and help maintain regional peace and stability, and should enhance cooperation in fighting terrorism and combating the "three evil forces" of terrorism, separatism and extremism, he said.

The Chinese leader also proposed that the two countries strengthen coordination and cooperation in dealing with major international issues, such as climate change and energy security.

In recent years, China and Russia have strengthened their strategic cooperative partnership with enhanced mutual political trust, and fruitful cooperation in all sectors. The two countries have also had close coordination in international and regional affairs.

Last year, China hosted the "Year of the Russian Language" activities, and this year Russia is hosting the "Year of the Chinese Language" activities. These activities have helped push forward people-to-people exchanges and cultural cooperation between the two countries and consolidate the traditional friendship between the two peoples.