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Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and director of the Central Foreign Affairs Office, co-chaired the 19th round of China-Russia strategic security consultations with Sergei Shoigu, secretary of the Russian Federation Security Council, in Beijing. They exchanged views comprehensively and in-depth on major strategic security issues of common concern, reached new consensus, and enhanced strategic mutual trust. The two sides agreed to strengthen cooperation, safeguard China-Russia relations and the overall development and revitalization of the two countries, and jointly promote global security and stability. Wang Yi said that this year marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Russia. President Xi Jinping and President Putin have met three times this year and made a series of strategic arrangements to promote the relationship between the two countries to take advantage of the momentum and forge ahead. Under the strong leadership of the two heads of state, China-Russia relations have withstood the test of international turmoil and have always maintained a healthy and stable development momentum.
The two sides adhere to the principles of permanent good-neighborliness and friendship, comprehensive strategic cooperation, and mutually beneficial cooperation and win-win results, take serving the fundamental interests of the two peoples as their own responsibility, firmly support each other on issues of core concern to each other, continuously deepen political mutual trust, and solidly promote pragmatic cooperation, creating a new paradigm for relations between neighboring major countries, and also making important contributions to promoting unity and cooperation among countries in the global South. Wang Yi stressed that the leadership of the heads of state is the greatest political advantage and fundamental guarantee for the high-quality development of China-Russia relations. The China-Russia strategic security consultation mechanism should be based on the implementation of the consensus of the two heads of state, strengthen coordination on strategic and overall issues involving the security and development interests of both sides, continuously enhance the level of strategic mutual trust, and enrich the connotation of strategic cooperation. China-Russia relations have an inevitable historical logic and strong endogenous driving force.
The more complex the international situation and the more external challenges there are, the more the two sides must firmly unite and cooperate to defend common interests. We are willing to work with the Russian side to focus on changes in the international situation, strengthen communication and coordination, strengthen multilateral cooperation, provide strong guarantees for maintaining the high-level development momentum of China-Russia relations, and jointly maintain global strategic stability. Shoigu said that this year marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Peoples Republic of China and the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Russia and China. Over the past 75 years, China has made tremendous development achievements, and Russia-China relations have become a model of cooperation between major countries and a major stabilizing factor in international affairs. Russia and China have always adhered to mutual respect, equality, non-interference in each others internal affairs, and firm support for each others core interests. The comprehensive strategic cooperation between the two countries is at an unprecedented high level. President Xi Jinpings recent visit to Russia to attend the BRICS Kazan Summit was the greatest support for Russia as the host country, and made an important contribution to the full success of the Kazan Summit and the strengthening of global South cooperation. In the face of an unstable world, the importance of maintaining communication between Russia and China has become more prominent. Russia is willing to work with China to implement the consensus reached by the two heads of state, strengthen bilateral cooperation, and strengthen cooperation in multilateral mechanisms such as the United Nations, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and the BRICS, so as to promote new and greater development of Russia-China relations.
