Opening the meeting, President Putin said that the Russian-Chinese Treaty on Good-Neighbourliness, Friendship and Cooperation was scheduled for execution during Chinese President Jiang Zemin’s visit to Russia in 2001, and that the preparations for that were well underway.
Mr Putin emphasised the regular and continuous nature of the Russian-Chinese relations at the highest level.
During the talks Mr Putin and Mr Peng discussed the progress of preparations for the upcoming official visit to Russia of Chinese President Jiang Zemin, economic relations, and military-technical cooperation. The two leaders also discussed efforts to ensure strategic stability and inviolability of the ABM treaty.