15 September 2016

News Story: Xi - security cooperation with Russia is important

BEIJING, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday that it is urgent and important to carry out well security cooperation with Russia.

Xi made the remarks here when he met with Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of the Russian Security Council, who was attending the 12th round of bilateral strategic and security consultations, and the third meeting of the China-Russia law-enforcement and security cooperation mechanism.

Xi called on the two countries to give full play to the existing cooperation mechanism to further enhance security consultation and exchange.

Recalling his third meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin this year, in Hangzhou during the G20 summit this month, Xi said they had reached important consensus on enhancing bilateral cooperation.

"Both of us agreed that China and Russia need to strengthen mutual support on major issues and consolidate political mutual trust," Xi told Patrushev, referring to his meeting with Putin.

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