Russia and China are determined to bolster cooperation in all areas, according to the joint Russian-Chinese statement signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping after the negotiations. "The sides express their intention to build up cooperation in all areas, and for this purpose they will be developing strategic trust-based dialogue at high and top levels and continue to develop mechanisms of bilateral intergovernmental, interparliamentary, interparty, interagency and interregional cooperation," the document says.

According to the statement, Russia and China agreed to hold closer contacts on strategic security in the conditions of growing instability. "Amid growing instability and uncertainty in the world, the sides continue to develop contacts on strategic security, support intensive dialogue between the ministries of foreign affairs and step up bilateral coordination at the corresponding international venues," the statement says.

Pursuant to the document, the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation Between the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation as of July 16, 2001, remains the conceptual basis for bilateral relations currently and in the long run. "The sides highly value the benevolent and friendly atmosphere near the Russian-Chinese border which became an area of peace and comprehensive cooperation along its entire length, which allows to provide stable and gradual development of bilateral relations of equal trust-based partnership and strategic cooperation," the document says.

According to the statement, the sides are ready to join their efforts to bring bilateral relations to a new, higher level.

Aliqismet BADALOV,
“Khalq qazeti”