Key role seen for Sino-Russian ties

The significance of the China-Russia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership of Coordination is "being further highlighted", given the current complicated and frequently changing international situation, top legislator Zhang Dejiang said.

Zhang, while meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow during his trip to Russia from Tuesday to Thursday, said the relationship has showcased greater room for development and huge potential. Zhang is chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.

Putin said the relationship is in its best shape of all time and that exchanges at various levels are frequent, adding he is fully confident about the future of the ties.