Original source URL: http://en.rian.ru/world/20060530/48842885.html China-Russia relations at "record high" - Chinese President 30/ May/ 2006 MOSCOW, May 30 (RIA Novosti) - Relations between China and Russia are at their highest level ever and the countries are seeing massive increases in trade, the Chinese president told a Russian newspaper Tuesday. "Through mutual effort, our relations have risen to a record-high level, and their strategic component is expanding dramatically," Hu Jintao said in an interview with official government paper Rossiskaya Gazeta. The Chinese leader said the two countries had been able to sustain high growth rates in trade for seven consecutive years and had made substantial progress in energy and investment cooperation. "Our consultations and interaction on international and regional affairs are highly efficient," Hu said, highlighting the contribution of events organized as part of the Year of China in Russia and the Year of Russia in China. He said China was "willing to further work together with Russia toward stronger mutual political confidence and deeper strategic interaction." This year marks 10 years since China and Russia established a relationship of strategic partnership and interaction, and next year will mark the 15th anniversary of the Asian giant's diplomatic relations with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. These former Soviet republics are now part of a regional security alliance with Russia and China, known as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which aims to maintain stability in Eurasia. -- -------------------------------------------------------- Escaping the Matrix website http://escapingthematrix.org/ cyberjournal website http://cyberjournal.org subscribe cyberjournal list mailto:•••@••.••• Posting archives http://cyberjournal.org/show_archives/ Blogs: cyberjournal forum http://cyberjournal-rkm.blogspot.com/ Achieving real democracy http://harmonization.blogspot.com/ for readers of ETM http://matrixreaders.blogspot.com/ Community Empowerment http://empowermentinitiatives.blogspot.com/ Blogger made easy http://quaylargo.com/help/ezblogger.html
