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Putin Signs Law Ratifying Historic Treaty With China

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a federal law which makes the historic good-neighborly treaty of friendship and cooperation between Russia and China a binding document to guide future bilateral ties, the Kremlin press service announced Monday.


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Treaty Signed in Moscow

According to the Kremlin press service, Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a federal law which makes the historic good-neighborly treaty of friendship and cooperation between Russia and China a binding document to guide future bilateral ties.

Putin and Chinese President Jiang Zemin signed the landmark treaty in Moscow on July 16, 2001, and they agreed it would serve as the foundation of future bilateral cooperation. Russia's State Duma, the lower house of parliament, ratified the treaty by an absolute majority on December 26, and the Federation Council or the upper chamber approved it on January 16.

Guide of Development of Sino-Russian Relations

The treaty is expected to guide development of Sino-Russian relations in the new century, and have a profound and far-reaching impact on bilateral ties in the long run.

  • Main Principles, Spirit & Achievements


    • Summing up the history of Sino-Russian ties, it expounds the main principles, spirit and achievements in developing bilateral relations, which would feature "a friendship from generation to generation and never targeting each other as enemies."

    The treaty describes the friendly relations between China and Russia as a new type of state-to-state relationship based on the principles of nonalignment, non-confrontation and "not-against-any-third-country" cooperation.



    Important Document Between China and Russia
  • Joint Statement Signed by the Chinese and Russian Heads of States
    (2001/07/24)


  • Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation Between the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation
    (2001/07/24)


  • Joint Communique on the Fifth Regular Meeting between the Heads of Government of the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation
    (2000/11/03)


  • Joint Press Communique on the Visit by Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan of the People's Republic of China to the Russian Federation
    (2000/03/01)


  • President Jiang Zemin and President Yeltsin Issue Joint Press Communique at the Conclusion of Their Second Informal Summit
    (1999/12/10)


  • Sino-Russian Joint Statement (1999/12/10)


    • Sources From Ministry of Foreign Affairs




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