Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a congratulatory message to Chinese President Xi Jinping on the 65th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC), the Kremlin press service said Wednesday.

This year's celebration is marked by new successes in turning into reality the Chinese dream of economic and scientific progress, improving life of the Chinese people and China's growing influence on the international stage, Putin said.

He said that the Russia-China relations have reached an unprecedented high level of comprehensive strategic partnership and the two countries are expanding constructive political dialogue and productive cooperation in trade, finance, industry, the energy sector, humanitarian and other fields. "We have achieved effective coordination of our efforts to resolve current issues on the regional and global agenda," he said.

Russia values greatly the trust and mutual understanding established with China, stressed Putin, "I am sure that by working together, we will continue to develop the full range of relations between Russia and China," which is fully conducive to the interests of the two peoples and will strengthen stability and security in the world.