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Chinese Vice-Premier Visits Russia's Samara Oblast
Visiting Chinese Vice- Premier Li Lanqing reiterated in Samara Sunday, December 10, the importance of closer cooperation between the localities of China and Russia in promoting the Sino-Russian strategic partnership of cooperation.
Li, who arrived in Samara Oblast on the final leg of his ten-day visit to Russia, met with Governor Konstantinov Titov of Samara on Sunday.
During his talks with Titov, Li said that the Sino-Russian strategic partnership of cooperation should be advanced in all dimensions. Not only the cooperation between the two countries' central governments should be strengthened, but also those between the localities, he added.
Echoing Li's view, Titov said that the Samara Oblast attaches great importance to deepening its cooperative relations with the Chinese side and especially with its Chinese partner -- Henan Province.
Li, who started his visit in Moscow last Sunday, expressed satisfaction with his Russian trip during which the Chinese and Russian governments set up a vice-prime minister-level cooperation committee to promote bilateral cooperation in fields of education, culture, public health and sports.
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