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1st Ld: China-Russia relations "mature" and "stable": FM

Xinhua, March 8, 2016 Adjust font size:

The China and Russia relations are mature and stable, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Tuesday.

China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination is built on the solid foundation of mutual support and mutual trust, and the two sides have a strong desire to strengthen win-win cooperation, Wang told a press conference on the sidelines of the national legislative session.

The relationship will not be weakened by any particular incident, he added.

President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, met five times in 2015, setting the tone for the continued strong momentum in China-Russia relations.

"We are making active and orderly progress in various big projects," Wang said, adding that construction has started on the eastern route of natural gas pipeline. Cooperation on industrial capacity, equipment, manufacturing, agriculture and finance is speeding up.

China and Russia have strong economic complementarity and a significant desire to work with each other. "Our cooperation is long term and strategic in nature," he said. Endi