Visiting President Hu Jintao and Russian President Vladimir
Putin Monday vowed to boost cooperation in trade, investment,
energy and other sectors.
In a joint statement signed by the two leaders Monday, Hu and
Putin noted the vigorous development of trade cooperation between
the two countries in recent years.
With the significantly increasing trade volume, the expanding
scale of cooperation in investment, economy and technology, as well
as more active regional and enterprise exchanges, opportunities
have emerged for a rapid development of bilateral trade
cooperation, the statement said.
The two sides will further improve the mechanism of regular
prime ministers' meetings and make full of it to push forward the
cooperation in various industrial sectors, especially in
engineering, electricity and high-technology, said the
statement.
According to the statement, Russia and China will also
strengthen investment cooperation, encourage and protect mutual
investment among enterprises, improve the quality and level of
investment, and create a friendly environment for enterprise
cooperation.
Both sides pay high attention to energy cooperation between the
two countries. Fully acknowledging the achievements already made
between the two sides in oil and gas cooperation, China and Russia
promised to gradually implement more large-scale energy cooperation
projects, support Chinese and Russian companies to make more oil,
gas, and electricity cooperation deals, and to cement and develop
comprehensive, long-term strategic cooperative relations in energy
industry.
In the statement, the two sides also agreed to develop
cooperation in other areas such as agriculture, medical treatment,
machine building, aviation and automobile manufacturing, the
promotion of scientific technologies, and many others.
President Hu arrived in Moscow Monday for a three-day state
visit to Russia, during which he will attend events marking "the
Year of China in Russia."
In addition to Putin, Hu will meet other Russian leaders to
exchange views on the further development of the China-Russia
strategic partnership of cooperation.
(Xinhua News Agency March 27, 2007)
