Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the Victory Day parade at Moscow's Red Square and held fruitful talks with Russian President Putin, reaching many new and important consensus during his state visit to Russia, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian told a press briefing in Beijing on Friday.
Xi is paying a state visit to Russia from May 7 to 10 at the invitation of Putin. During the visit, he held talks with Putin and attended celebrations in Moscow marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Soviet Union’s Great Patriotic War.
The two leaders signed a joint statement to deepen strategic cooperation, emphasizing multilateralism, global stability, and the importance of upholding WWII outcomes and UN authority, Lin noted.
"President Xi Jinping is on a state visit to Russia starting from May 7 and attended the celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union. During the visit, President Xi and President Putin had in-depth, friendly and fruitful talks. They had in-depth exchanges of views on China-Russia relations and major international and regional issues and reached many new and important common understandings. The two heads of state signed the Joint Statement Between the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation on Further Deepening the China-Russia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership of Coordination for the New Era on the Occasion of the 80th Anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War and the Founding of the United Nations. They witnessed the exchange of over 20 bilateral cooperation documents, injecting new imputes into the development of China-Russia relations," Lin said.
"President Xi noted that China and Russia are good neighbors that cannot be moved away, true friends who share weal and woe, and good partners for mutual success. Their relationship is characterized by a distinct historical logic, strong endogenous driving force and rich civilizations. It does not target any third party and it is not subject to restrictions from any third party," Lin said.
"President Xi stressed that this year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War, and the World Anti-Fascist War. Facing unilateralism, power politics and bullying acts in the world, China and Russia, as two major countries and permanent members of the UN Security Council, will shoulder responsibilities to uphold the correct historical perspective on WWII, safeguard the authority and standing of the UN, firmly defend the victorious outcome of WWII, resolutely defend the rights and interests of China, Russia and all other developing countries, and jointly promote an equal and orderly multipolar world and universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization," Lin continued.
"During the visit, China and Russia issued a joint statement on global strategic stability, reiterating that the two sides will endeavor to practice true multilateralism and support the central role of the UN and relevant multilateral mechanisms. The two sides stressed that nuclear-weapon states, which bear special responsibility for international security and global strategic stability, should reject Cold War mentality and zero-sum games, address concerns via dialogue and consultations on an equal footing, and build confidence to avoid dangerous miscalculations. This demonstrates China and Russia's sense of responsibility as major countries for upholding and enhancing global strategic stability," the spokesman said.
The two sides also issued a joint declaration on further strengthening cooperation to uphold the authority of international law, reiterating the two countries' full commitment to the principles of international law including the United Nations Charter and the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence and opposition to the abuse of unilateral sanctions and long-arm jurisdiction. The declaration emphasizes that states have the right to conduct normal economic and trade cooperation, elaborates on the two sides' shared stance on important matters concerning international law, and sends a strong message of resolutely upholding the international order based on international law to the international community, according to the spokesman.
FM spokesman briefs on Xi’s visit to Russia
