On Wednesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping stated that relations between China and Russia have entered a new phase of greater achievements and faster development, during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is on a state visit to China.

Xi Jinping said that political mutual trust between the two countries has further deepened, and cooperation in various areas, such as trade and economics, investment, energy, science and technology, people-to-people exchanges, and sub-national interactions, continues to develop, further strengthening the bonds between the two nations.

In recent years, in the face of a changing and turbulent international situation, China and Russia have been developing comprehensive strategic coordination in a new era based on equality, mutual respect, good faith, and mutually beneficial cooperation, he added.