Visiting Chinese President Jiang Zemin said in the Russian city of
Sochi Sunday that China and Russia need to make continued efforts
to promote exchanges and mutual understanding at local levels so as
to expand cooperation between the two countries.
In
his meeting with Viktor Kazantsev, Russian Presidential Envoy in
the Southern Federal District, Jiang said that on the basis of the
good-neighborly treaty of friendship and cooperation between China
and Russia, Sino-Russian relations has been developing in an
overall manner in recent years, with exchanges and cooperation at
local levels taking an important part of the bilateral
relationship.
The Chinese president said that the two countries need to make
continued efforts to promote exchanges and mutual understanding at
local levels in order to expand cooperation between China and
Russia and place the bilateral relationship on a firmer basis.
Kazantsev said that with the signing of the good-neighborly treaty
of friendship and cooperation between the two countries,
cooperation between Russia and China has entered a brand new
era.
He
said the Southern Federal District is willing and ready to
cooperate with the Chinese counterparts to increase exchanges and
friendship, making contribution to the overall ties between the two
countries.
Jiang arrived here on Saturday on a brief weekend visit and will
leave for Latvia on Monday.
(Xinhua News
Agency June 10, 2002)