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Medvedev to visit 3 Chinese cities for 3 days.
MOSCOW, September 24 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
will go on his second official visit to China on Saturday. China was the
first non-CIS country, which Medvedev visited in May 2008, just several
days after taking the presidential office. This time the Russian leader
will visit three Chinese cities - Dalian, Beijing and Shanghai for three
days.
The presidents of Russia and China meeting several times a year at
various summits exchange traditional annual visits. In 2009 Chinese
President Hu Jintao visited Moscow. "This is very good, good friends
should have regular consultations," Medvedev believes.
A forthcoming visit "is intended to be a major event in
Russian-Chinese strategic partnership and trust-based cooperation this
year," Russian presidential aide Sergei Prikhodko said. "During an
upcoming visit the countries are planning to build up current positive
tendencies in bilateral relations and to outline strategic trends for the
joint work in the future," he told Itar-Tass.
Prikhodko noted that Medvedev would spend the first day of the visit
on September 26 in a major port city Dalian (former port Dalny), where in
the Lushun district (former Port Arthur) the Russian leader will lay down
a wreath to the Memorial to Soviet Warriors, who were killed in the
liberation of north-eastern China from Japanese invaders, and will visit
the largest Chinese cemetery of our warriors, including those killed in
the Russian-Japanese War (1904-1905). The memorial complex has been
restored for several years and the Russian president will visit the
reconstructed memorial. Medvedev will meet with a group of Russian and
Chinese veterans of the Second World War.
The Russian presidential aide refuted strongly any allegations that a
visit to the memorial complex may give 'a signal' for Japan, the relations
of which with China have deteriorated recently. "Probably, someone wants
to make it time-serving, but it is not true, it is an artificial
connection. A visit to Port Arthur was scheduled a year ago," Prikhodko
said. He noted that "for us Port Arthur is the place, where many
compatriots were killed." "This is not an anti-Japanese action, but a
pro-Russian action," the Kremlin high-ranking official said, adding that
"there is nothing good in aggravated relations between Japan and China."
In Dalian Medvedev will meet with the authorities of the north-eastern
Chinese province Liaoning. The Russian president will also visit a
university with a high education level of Russian language teachers - the
Dalian Institute of Foreign Languages, where he will meet with professors
and students.
Major negotiations are scheduled for September 27, when the Russian
leader will visit Beijing. He will have negotiations with his Chinese
counterpart Hu Jintao and other Chinese top officials. The leaders of the
countries will make a statement for the press and several agreements on
cooperation will be signed in their presence.
On September 28, Medvedev will visit Shanghai and will participate in
the Day of Russia at the world universal exhibition EXPO-2010 and will
visit Russian and Chinese pavilions.
Prikhodko noted that the Russian president would be accompanied in
China with a quite representative delegation, including two Deputy Prime
Ministers Igor Sechin and Alexander Zhukov, Foreign Minister Sergei
Lavrov, Minister of Economic Development Elvira Nabiullina, Energy
Minister Sergei Shmatko, presidential aide Arkady Dvorkovich, the
governors from the regions, which have very close ties with China, Rosatom
chief Sergei Kiriyenko, chief of the Federal Fisheries Agency Andrei
Krainy, chief of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation
Mikhail Dmitriyev and the leader of the Communist Party Gennady Zyuganov.
A major Russian business delegation will also visit China, including
Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller, Transneft CEO Nikolai Tokarev, Rosneft CEO
Eduard Khudainatov, LUKOIL CEO Vagit Alekperov, United Aircraft-Building
Corporation President Alexei Fyodorov, Russian Railways President Vladimir
Yakunin, Rosoboronexport Director General Anatoly Isaikin, Norilsk Nickel
CEO Vladimir Strzhalkovsky, President of the Skolkovo fund Viktor
Vekselberg.
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will go on his second official visit to China on Saturday. China was the
first non-CIS country, which Medvedev visited in May 2008, just several
days after taking the presidential office. This time the Russian leader
will visit three Chinese cities - Dalian, Beijing and Shanghai for three
days.
The presidents of Russia and China meeting several times a year at
various summits exchange traditional annual visits. In 2009 Chinese
President Hu Jintao visited Moscow. "This is very good, good friends
should have regular consultations," Medvedev believes.
A forthcoming visit "is intended to be a major event in
Russian-Chinese strategic partnership and trust-based cooperation this
year," Russian presidential aide Sergei Prikhodko said. "During an
upcoming visit the countries are planning to build up current positive
tendencies in bilateral relations and to outline strategic trends for the
joint work in the future," he told Itar-Tass.
Prikhodko noted that Medvedev would spend the first day of the visit
on September 26 in a major port city Dalian (former port Dalny), where in
the Lushun district (former Port Arthur) the Russian leader will lay down
a wreath to the Memorial to Soviet Warriors, who were killed in the
liberation of north-eastern China from Japanese invaders, and will visit
the largest Chinese cemetery of our warriors, including those killed in
the Russian-Japanese War (1904-1905). The memorial complex has been
restored for several years and the Russian president will visit the
reconstructed memorial. Medvedev will meet with a group of Russian and
Chinese veterans of the Second World War.
The Russian presidential aide refuted strongly any allegations that a
visit to the memorial complex may give 'a signal' for Japan, the relations
of which with China have deteriorated recently. "Probably, someone wants
to make it time-serving, but it is not true, it is an artificial
connection. A visit to Port Arthur was scheduled a year ago," Prikhodko
said. He noted that "for us Port Arthur is the place, where many
compatriots were killed." "This is not an anti-Japanese action, but a
pro-Russian action," the Kremlin high-ranking official said, adding that
"there is nothing good in aggravated relations between Japan and China."
In Dalian Medvedev will meet with the authorities of the north-eastern
Chinese province Liaoning. The Russian president will also visit a
university with a high education level of Russian language teachers - the
Dalian Institute of Foreign Languages, where he will meet with professors
and students.
Major negotiations are scheduled for September 27, when the Russian
leader will visit Beijing. He will have negotiations with his Chinese
counterpart Hu Jintao and other Chinese top officials. The leaders of the
countries will make a statement for the press and several agreements on
cooperation will be signed in their presence.
On September 28, Medvedev will visit Shanghai and will participate in
the Day of Russia at the world universal exhibition EXPO-2010 and will
visit Russian and Chinese pavilions.
Prikhodko noted that the Russian president would be accompanied in
China with a quite representative delegation, including two Deputy Prime
Ministers Igor Sechin and Alexander Zhukov, Foreign Minister Sergei
Lavrov, Minister of Economic Development Elvira Nabiullina, Energy
Minister Sergei Shmatko, presidential aide Arkady Dvorkovich, the
governors from the regions, which have very close ties with China, Rosatom
chief Sergei Kiriyenko, chief of the Federal Fisheries Agency Andrei
Krainy, chief of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation
Mikhail Dmitriyev and the leader of the Communist Party Gennady Zyuganov.
A major Russian business delegation will also visit China, including
Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller, Transneft CEO Nikolai Tokarev, Rosneft CEO
Eduard Khudainatov, LUKOIL CEO Vagit Alekperov, United Aircraft-Building
Corporation President Alexei Fyodorov, Russian Railways President Vladimir
Yakunin, Rosoboronexport Director General Anatoly Isaikin, Norilsk Nickel
CEO Vladimir Strzhalkovsky, President of the Skolkovo fund Viktor
Vekselberg.
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