Strategic cooperation endorsed by Xi, Putin

Presidents agree that mutual support will result in greater global stability

Developing and deepening relations between China and Russia is a strategic choice, and both countries should make every effort to maintain good relations no matter how the international situation changes, President Xi Jinping said on Sunday.

Both countries should strengthen strategic cooperation, jointly promote sustained and steady growth of the world economy and push for peaceful settlement of issues in international and regional hot spots, Xi said while meeting with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in Beijing.