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Premier Zhu Rongji Met With Russian Upper House Speaker Yegor Stroyev (10/09/2001)
2004-08-16 18:34

On September 10, Visiting Premier Zhu Rongji met Chairman Yegor Stroyev of the Russian Federation Council (upper house of parliament) in Moscow. The two sides held a warm and friendly talk.

Zhu conveyed cordial greetings from Chairman Li Peng of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress to Stroyev. He said that he was very pleased to see the fast growth of Russian's economy and the improvement of Russian people's life in recent years, while China has also kept a high economic growth rate of over 7 percent, against the backdrop of global economic slow-down. The rapid economic growth of both countries has created favorable conditions for expanding bilateral friendship and cooperation. The current China-Russia Prime Ministers’ Meeting is more successful than the previous five, thanks to the Sino-Russian Good-Neighborly Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation signed by President Jiang Zemin and Russian President Vladimir Putin, which has laid a solid foundation for the development of bilateral ties. China and Russia, as two major countries in the world and permanent members of the Security Council of the United Nations, have significant influence on the world through their vigorous cooperation. China is ready to do its utmost to push forward the mutually beneficial cooperation with Russia in all fields, as such friendly and cooperative relations conform to the basic interests of the two peoples and bring benefits to mankind.

The contact between the two countries' parliaments is an important part of the Sino-Russian relationship. The two legislatures have done a lot to boost their mutually beneficial and friendly cooperation and achieved great success. We hope to further strengthen the friendly exchanges between our two parliaments.

Stroyev asked Zhu to convey his greetings to Chairman Li. He said that both law-making bodies are working to promote Russia-China friendship and cooperation. The Russian parliament will ratify the Sino-Russian Good-Neighborly Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation as soon as possible as the treaty ensures lasting and stable development of the strategic partnership of cooperation between the countries. The Russian people sincerely hopes that friendly and mutually beneficial cooperation with China will develop prosperously and are particularly eager to develop mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries in economic and trade areas. The Russian side is confident that such cooperation will bring the two peoples more benefits and will accelerate the development and prosperity of the world.

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