Chinese vice premier urges deepening China-Russia partnership

BEIJING, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang on Monday called for the consolidation of the friendship between China and Russia, and for further growth in the bilateral all-round strategic cooperative partnership.

Li made the remarks to participants in the ninth plenary meeting of the China-Russia Friendship Committee for Peace and Development (CRFCPD), scheduled for Tuesday in Beijing.

This year is the 10th anniversary of the signing of the China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation. Li hailed the sound momentum of bilateral ties under the guidance of the treaty, calling on joint efforts from both countries to deepen mutually beneficial cooperation and strategic coordination, to benefit the two peoples and contribute to world peace, development and stability.

During Chinese President Hu Jintao's successful visit to Russia in June this year, the two heads of state set goals for the development of bilateral relations in the next decade, and ushered China-Russia ties into a new stage of development, Li said.