BEIJING, June 5 (Xinhua) -- One week after Xi Jinping was elected Chinese president in 2013, he travelled to Russia for his first overseas visit as head of state. Over the past six years, Xi and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, have met each other nearly 30 times.
A Russian girl learns Chinese calligraphy at a Spring Festival celebration held by the China Culture Center in Moscow, Russia, Feb. 2, 2019.
MOSCOW, June 3 (Xinhua) -- China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination has continued to deepen, and the fruitful results of pragmatic cooperation have increasingly benefited the two countries and their peoples, Chinese Ambassador to Russia Li Hui has said. The two sides have established a comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination based on equality, mutual trust and support, common prosperity and lasting friendship, and have continuously achieved new heights in their bilateral relations, Li told Xinhua in a recent interview.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to Russia and attend the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
