Russia attaches great importance to the development of inter-parliamentary ties with China, and values joint efforts to build a firm “edifice of Chinese-Russian friendship.”
Relations between Russia and China are at a very high level, President Putin said, adding that the basis for these relations were common national interests.
At the meeting Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Zhukov, Presidential plenipotentiary envoy in the Siberian Federal District Anatoly Kvashin, Presidential plenipotentiary envoy in the Far East region Konstantin Pulikovsky, and other officials took part.
See also
Official Visit to the People’s Republic of China
October 14 − 15, 2004