Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to Russia will further boost
the China-Russia strategic partnership of coordination, China's
Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing said Tuesday.
"At the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin,
President Hu Jintao will visit Russia once again," Li said at a
press conference on the sidelines of the Fifth Session of the Tenth
National People's Congress.
"There are a lot of items on the agenda of the visit," Li
said.
This year marks the Year of China in Russia, and the two
countries will hold about 200 activities to promote bilateral
exchanges, deepen traditional friendship and further boost
China-Russia strategic partnership of coordination, Li said.
"To hold the Year of Russia in China and the Year of China in
Russia is an important step to implement the Sino-Russian
Good-Neighborly Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation," he said.
Top leaders, governments, relevant departments and the peoples
of the two countries are working "hand in hand" to deepen the
traditional friendship, raise the level of China-Russia strategic
partnership of coordination so as to boost the common development
of the two countries and to make new contributions to world peace
and development, Li said.
Last year was the Year of Russia in China and more than 300
activities were jointly held by the two countries, according to the
foreign minister.
(Xinhua News Agency March 6, 2007)