Chinese President invited his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to visit China this year, Xi Jinping said in Moscow today.
“On Monday, I invited President Putin to visit China this year as soon as it suits him,” Xi said at the beginning of the meeting with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.
The invitation was made to host the third forum on the Belt and Road Initiative, a giant international infrastructure project launched by China that involves the construction of highways, ports or railways to open up new trade routes. routes between the east from Asia and Europe.
Xi said the new Chinese premier, Li Qiang, would prioritize developing partnerships with Russia. The head of the Chinese state also asked Mishustin to visit China “as soon as possible.”
The Chinese leader visited the headquarters of the Russian government and then visited the Kremlin, where he will meet Putin again.
Xi and Mishustin shook hands and posed in front of Chinese and Russian flags for an official photo shoot.
“First of all, I would like to congratulate you on your re-election as President of the People’s Republic of China. And I would like to sincerely thank you for the great personal attention that you pay to the development of Russian-Chinese friendship and partnership. ” Mishustin said.
The premier also emphasized the importance that this will be Xi Jinping’s first trip abroad since his reappointment as head of state at the plenary session of the National People’s Congress this month. Xi’s third-term victory is unprecedented in communist China’s history, cementing his status as the most powerful Chinese leader in decades.
“This testifies to the special nature of Sino-Chinese relations, which are entering a new era,” he stressed.
Mishustin expressed confidence that important agreements would be reached in the talks between Putin and Xi.
“Today, negotiations will be held in the Kremlin with the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. Important decisions are expected to be made on the development of cooperation between Russia and China until 2030,” he said.
The Prime Minister assured that the governments of the two countries will work in a coordinated manner to implement the agreements that will be reached at the highest level.
“We in Russia are sincerely interested in further strengthening our comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation with China. Our relations are at the highest level in the entire centuries-old history and influence the formation of the global agenda, in the logic of multipolarity,” the head of state said. Prime Minister of Russia.
Mishustin noted that most members of the Russian government were present at the meeting with Xi.
“The coordination of our joint work is ensured by the mechanism of regular meetings between the heads of government of Russia and China. This is a unique format that includes five intergovernmental commissions and more than 80 subcommittees and working groups,” he stressed.
He added that the investment portfolio of the Russian-Chinese Intergovernmental Commission for Investment Cooperation includes 79 projects worth more than $165 billion.
Mishustin also expressed confidence that trade between Russia and China will reach $200 billion this year, and not in 2024, as originally planned.
Last year, trade increased by almost a third, to about $190 billion.
The Russian prime minister stressed that despite the unfavorable external situation, turmoil on world markets and the imposition of sanctions by the West, Russian-Chinese trade and economic cooperation is developing successfully.
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Source: CM Jornal
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