The ties between Russia and China are at their highest point in the entire 70-year history of diplomatic relations and will continue to develop steadily, Russian President Vladimir Putin told China’s Renmin Ribao newspaper ahead of his visit to Beijing.
Russia and China have approached the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations with the "best relations in the entire history," he noted. "This is a result of thorough and successful work conducted in the past 30 years," TASS cited the Russian leader as saying.
"Further expansion of cooperation between the two states is not opportunistic, and, therefore, is sustainable and long-term in nature," he continued. "This fully corresponds to the interests of our peoples, to tasks of maintaining global and regional stability and security," Putin added.
The Russian president said his relations with Chinese President Xi Jinping were based on mutual respect and trust.
