Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Tuesday, December 03, 2002
President Jiang Accompanies Putin to Beijing University
Chinese President Jiang Zemin Tuesday morning accompanied Russian President Vladimir Putin to deliver a speech in Beijing University, a prestigious institute of higher learning in China.
Chinese President Jiang Zemin Tuesday morning accompanied Russian President Vladimir Putin to deliver a speech in Beijing University, a prestigious institute of higher learning in China.
China-Russia cooperation enjoys great potential for further development, said Chinese President Jiang Jiang Zemin said Tuesday morning when accompanying Putin to deliver a speech in Beijing University. .
As both China and Russia are in the new stage of development, their bilateral cooperation of mutual interests enjoys broad room for further development, Jiang said.
"Good neighbors are better than distant relatives," Jiang quoted Chinese and Russian adages as saying. Chinese people always advocate the thinking of "regarding neighbors as good partners," he said.
In accordance with trends of the times, the two countries should grasp historical opportunities to develop China-Russia cooperation in an all-round way and make joint efforts for a better future of bilateral relations, he said.