Vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National
People's Congress (NPC) Sheng Huarenon on Tuesday met a delegation
of the Russian State Duma Security Committee.
Sheng said, China and Russia are good partners, good neighbors
and have been enjoying good strategic partnership of coordination,
adding that both countries are of great importance to each
other.
Vladimir Vasilyev, chairman of the Russian State Duma Security
Committee, or the lower house of the parliament, said Russian
parliament and all parties in Russia have reached consensus that
the Russia-China relations should always be a priority in Russia's
relations with foreign countries.
The delegation, headed by its Chairman Vladimir Vasilyev, came
to China for a five-day visit at the invitation of the NPC Foreign
Affairs Committee. Apart from Beijing, the delegation will also
visit Shanghai.
(Xinhua News Agency September 19, 2007)