Foreign and Military Affairs
Quotable quotes from Chinese VP's visit to Russia
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-03-24 09:33
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Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping on Tuesday met with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and State Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov in Moscow.
Xi and Putin also attended the opening ceremony of the "Year of Chinese Language" to promote cultural exchange and bilateral ties.
The following are notable quotes made by the leaders during their tour.
ON CHINA-RUSSIA RELATIONS
"The Sino-Russian relations of strategic cooperation and partnership have become the most important, most vigorous and richest ties between the two major powers." -- Xi
"Two countries were sincere and trustworthy strategic partners, and Sino-Russian relations had become the most vigorous and richest relationship between two countries." -- Xi
"A long-term strategic cooperation and partnership with China was a Russian foreign policy priority, and the friendly policy toward China had been supported by all parties represented in the parliament." -- Gryzlov
ON INTER-RULING PARTY DIALOGUE
"We have realized in the process of dealing with the international financial crisis that it is only correct for the Chinese party to have chosen and stuck to the socialist way of development with Chinese characteristics." -- Xi
"Our party has also made correct corresponding decisions, and our fundamental judgment is correct about medium- and long-term development trends of the global economy." -- Xi
"I look forward to benefiting from soul-searching, mind-speaking, in-depth discussing and eye-opening dialogues which all boost the relations of strategic cooperation and partnership and flesh out the inter-party exchange mechanism." -- Xi
"The inter-party dialogue fully demonstrates a highly responsible attitude from both parties to seek the well-being of the peoples of the two countries." -- Putin
