Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi lauded China-Russia ties as a new model of major-country relations and expressed hope that high-level bilateral useful cooperation will contribute to the security and stability of international economy.Wang, likewise a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks in an unique interview with Russia Today news network in Moscow on Tuesday.
The Chinese foreign minister is on a three-day main see to Russia from Monday to Wednesday.Each others biggest neighborIn answering a question on China-Russia ties, Wang said China and Russia are each others largest neighbor.Noting that both are significant countries on the planet and permanent members of the UN Security Council, Wang said the countries bear special duties for world peace and development.Hailing the development of bilateral ties is conducive to promoting the world multi-polarity and higher democracy in international relations, Wang said, including that the bilateral ties nowadays have three qualities, respectively, to be pals forever and never be enemies, equal treatment and win-win cooperation, and a path of non-alliance, non-confrontation and not targeting any 3rd party.
According to Wang, over the past 70 years, China-Russia relations have actually built up strong mutual trust, while the bilateral cooperation has actually brought tangible advantages to both countries and the world at large.
Lauding the non-alliance, non-confrontation and not targeting any 3rd party new design of major-country relations in the modern-day period, the Chinese foreign minister stated the model is also an important force for stability in an unstable and altering world.Further integrationWang also shared his view on development in between China-Russia practical cooperation from previous to future in the interview.Thanks to the joint efforts, the scale of bilateral cooperation over the past couple of decades has grown from small to big, the foundation of cooperation has actually grown from weak to strong, and the areas of cooperation have actually broadened from narrow to broad, achieving rewarding results, Wang said.He included that the trade volume in between both nations has actually reached $244.8 billion, with Russian agricultural items served on the dinner tables of countless Chinese households and Chinese cars driving on the streets of Russia.China-Russia practical cooperation has deepened and gotten better, injecting vigorous vigor into the advancement of bilateral relations, Wang said.Noting the shared border of 4,300 kilometers, Wang said both countries have complementary benefits, big capacity and large space for cooperation.In the face of an unstable and changing world, Wang said bilateral cooperation will continue to move on along the recognized track and achieve the objectives of creating development locations for cooperation, deepening commercial combination and more promoting the synergy in between China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative and the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union to guarantee the security, stability and smooth flow of the international commercial and supply chains through top-level China-Russia cooperation.As this year marks the 80th anniversary of the success in the Chinese Peoples War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Soviet Unions Great Patriotic War, and the World Anti-Fascist War, Wang highlighted that China and Russia were the main battlefields in Asia and Europe.
He highlighted that the Chinese and Russian individuals worked as the backbone forces in the battle versus fascism and militarism.Wang worried that in the face of extensive changes unseen in a century, both China and Russia must firmly side with international justice, deal with peace-loving individuals of all countries worldwide to secure the history composed with blood and life, and oppose any effort or action to reject, distort or falsify the history of WWII.(Cover: File image of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi./ Chinas Foreign Ministry)