What are the important achievements of President Xi's ninth visit to Russia?
The spring of the year is the first, and everything goes first. A week after the closing of the National Two Sessions, President Xi Jinping went to Russia for his first overseas visit after being re-elected. This is also his ninth visit to Russia as President.
March 21, local time, is the second day of President Xi's visit to Russia. During the talks and meetings with Russian President Putin and Prime Minister Mishustin, what did President Xi focus on? What important achievements have been made in this journey of friendship, cooperation and peace?
01 These itineraries are impressive
It was the vernal equinox of the Chinese lunar calendar. After a spring rain, the sky in Moscow was clear and the sky was clear. The Kremlin, with a history of more than 800 years, once again witnessed the important moment of Sino-Russian exchanges.
On the afternoon of the 21st local time, following the exchange with President Putin here the night before, President Xi came to the Kremlin again.
When President Xi arrived at the Kremlin by car, the Kremlin welcome horsemen lined up to welcome him, and the commander of the Kremlin greeted him at the drop-off place.
In the George Hall on the second floor of the Kremlin, President Putin held a grand welcome ceremony for President Xi. Previously, President Xi had met with President Putin in George Hall many times.
With golden lamps, white reliefs, and red carpets, the George Hall was bright and solemn that day. In the majestic and passionate welcome song, President Xi and President Putin strode along the red carpet from both sides of the George Hall into the center of the hall. The two heads of state shook hands tightly and took a group photo.
President Xi's activities in the Kremlin lasted from afternoon to evening. The two heads of state successively held small-scale and large-scale talks. After the talks, the two heads of state signed two important joint statements and met the press together. That night, President Putin also held a grand welcome banquet for President Xi.
In the morning, before going to the Kremlin, President Xi met with Russian Prime Minister Mishustin at the Government House of the Russian Federation. Prime Minister Mishustin led almost all important cabinet members of the Russian government to meet with President Xi, including seven deputy prime ministers of the Russian Federation government. They expressed their warm welcome to President Xi's visit.
02 friendship journey
On March 21, during the meeting with President Putin, President Xi Jinping said that my state visit to Russia this time is a journey of friendship, cooperation and peace.
During this visit, the exchanges between the two sides were in-depth and the content was rich and comprehensive. The leaders of the two countries had sincere, friendly and fruitful talks and reached many new important consensuses. The characteristics of the "journey of friendship, cooperation and peace" are very distinctive .
Let me talk about the journey of friendship first.
When meeting with Russian Prime Minister Mishustin that day, President Xi said that it was a pleasure to meet Prime Minister Mishustin, and that he visited his friendly neighbor Russia again after more than three years, and felt very cordial.
During the meeting with President Putin, President Xi talked about a detail: During this visit, where our motorcade passed by, many Russian people raised their hands in greeting, which made me deeply feel that China-Russia relations have a solid foundation of public opinion.
President Xi has said many times that China and Russia are good neighbors connected by mountains and rivers, good friends who help each other, and good partners who cooperate sincerely. During this visit, he emphasized again that China and Russia are each other's largest neighbors. Consolidating and developing long-term good-neighborly and friendly relations with Russia is in line with historical logic. It is China's strategic choice and will not change due to a temporary incident.
The friendship between the two countries is reflected in the frequent interactions between the heads of state. When meeting the press with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Xi said that over the past 10 years, I have established a close relationship with President Putin, maintained strategic communication, and promoted the strategic cooperation between the two countries to achieve fruitful results.
The friendship between the two countries is also reflected in the friendly exchanges between the people. During this visit, the two heads of state emphasized that it is necessary to consolidate the foundation of people-to-people and cultural exchanges, promote the expansion of exchanges between sister provinces, states and cities, continue to hold the China-Russia Sports Exchange Year well, and create convenient conditions for promoting personnel exchanges between the two countries.
03 Cooperation trip
Let's talk about the cooperation trip.
It is an important content of President Xi Jinping's visit to Russia to jointly plan a new vision, new blueprint and new measures for the development of China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a period in the future.
On March 21, when President Xi held talks with President Putin, he said that the fields of cooperation between the two sides have been continuously expanded, the consensus has been further strengthened, the early harvest of cooperation has appeared, and more cooperation is being comprehensively advanced.
The "Joint Statement between the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation on Deepening the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership of Coordination in the New Era" signed by the two heads of state on the same day pointed out that the friendship between the two peoples has a solid foundation for generations, and the all-round cooperation between the two countries has broad prospects. "Russia needs a prosperous and stable China, and China needs a strong and successful Russia."
On the same day, when meeting with Russian Prime Minister Mishustin, President Xi focused on practical cooperation. He emphasized that the two sides should promote economic and trade cooperation in both quality and quantity, give full play to the driving effect of major interconnection projects, strengthen Sino-Russian scientific research and innovation cooperation, and carry out higher-level and deeper regional cooperation.
During this visit to Russia, President Xi and President Putin reached a consensus that the two sides should strengthen overall design and top-level planning, expand trade in energy, resources, and mechanical and electrical products, enhance the resilience of the supply chains of the two industrial chains, and expand information technology, digital economy, agriculture, and service trade. Cooperation in other fields, promote the mutual complementarity and simultaneous development of traditional trade and cooperation in emerging fields, and further smooth cross-border logistics and transportation.
On the same day, the two heads of state signed the "Joint Statement of the President of the People's Republic of China and the President of the Russian Federation on the Development Plan for the Key Directions of China-Russia Economic Cooperation Before 2030", specifying that the two sides will carry out bilateral economic cooperation in 8 key directions, and emphasized "committed to Significantly increase the trade volume between the two countries before 2030."
During the visit, the two sides also signed a number of bilateral cooperation documents in the fields of agriculture, forestry, basic scientific research, market supervision, and media. It is foreseeable that the practical cooperation between China and Russia will bring more benefits to the two peoples.
04 peace trip
President Xi Jinping's trip to Russia this time is also a peaceful trip that has attracted widespread attention from the international community.
Since last year, the crisis in Ukraine has escalated in an all-round way. China always focuses on the merits of the matter itself, upholds an objective and fair stance, and actively promotes peace talks. In February of this year, China released the document "China's Position on the Political Solution to the Ukraine Crisis", which absorbed the reasonable concerns of all parties, reflected the greatest common denominator of the international community on the Ukraine crisis issue, and played a constructive role in mitigating the spillover of the crisis and promoting a political settlement. sexual effect.
On the first day of his visit to Russia, President Xi Jinping had an in-depth exchange of views on the Ukraine issue when he met with President Putin. President Xi said, we believe that the more difficult the situation is, the more space should be left for peace; the more acute the conflict, the less we should give up efforts for dialogue.
On March 21, during a joint meeting with the press with President Putin, President Xi stressed that on the Ukrainian crisis, China has always followed the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, upheld an objective and impartial stance, actively promoted peace talks, and acted on the merits of the matter itself. Decide on your own position, and always firmly stand on the side of peace, dialogue, and historical correctness.
On the same day, the two heads of state signed a joint statement emphasizing the resolution of the Ukrainian crisis through peaceful talks. The statement pointed out that with regard to the Ukraine issue, the two sides believe that the purposes and principles of the UN Charter must be observed and international law must be respected.
In the statement, the Russian side spoke positively of China's objective and fair stance on the Ukraine issue. The Russian side reaffirmed its commitment to resuming the peace talks as soon as possible, which China appreciates. The Russian side welcomes China's willingness to play an active role in resolving the Ukrainian crisis through political and diplomatic means, and welcomes the constructive proposals set forth in the document "China's Position on the Political Solution to the Ukrainian Crisis". The two sides emphasized that responsible dialogue is the best way to solve problems steadily. To this end, the international community should support relevant constructive efforts.
During the talks on the second day of President Xi's visit to Russia, President Putin also talked about one more thing: congratulations to China for successfully promoting the Beijing dialogue between Saudi Arabia and Iran to achieve historic results. This fully demonstrates China's important status and positive influence as a global power, he said.
When human society once again came to a historical crossroads, China has always firmly stood on the side of peace, dialogue and the right side of history. This is China's strategic choice and the due responsibility of a major country.
History is the best mirror, which brings many inspirations to people.
Ten years ago, in March 2013, President Xi Jinping said in a speech at the Moscow Institute of International Relations, "Human beings live in the same global village, in the same time and space where history and reality intersect, and more and more become you and me. , I have a community of shared future for you".
Ten years later, in the same early spring, when he visited Moscow again, President Xi said in his meeting with President Putin that under the new historical conditions, the two sides will view and grasp Sino-Russian relations with a broad and long-term perspective, and make contributions to the cause of human progress. greater contribution.