Beijing, Moscow pledge to boost security cooperation

Officials attending the latest round of the China-Russia strategic security consultation in Russia as well as senior delegations from both countries pledged closer security cooperation on Tuesday.

China and Russia will continue to enhance strategic communication and coordination under the mechanism of bilateral strategic security consultation, said Yang Jiechi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee.

Yang, also director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, met Russia's Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev in Moscow.