Putin to hold talks with Chinese State Council Premier Wen Jiabao.

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ST. PETERSBURG, November 23 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Prime Minister
Vladimir Putin on Tuesday will hold talks with Premier of the Chinese
State Council Wen Jiabao.
As many as 12 bilateral documents are expected to be signed within
talks with the participation of the two countries' delegations. "The
agenda of the 15th meeting of the two countries' heads of government is
rather busy, it includes issues of cooperation in the sphere of energy,
including nuclear, cross-border cooperation, cooperation in the field of
telecommunications and intellectual property protection, as well as other
issues," press secretary of the Russian government head Dmitry Peskov said.
According to the Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Cheng Guoping, the
sides "will identify priority cooperation spheres at the new stage, as
well as will study new approaches to practical cooperation between the two
countries." "Being the largest neighbouring countries and important
strategic partners, China and Russia are also countries with emerging
markets," said Cheng. "The maintenance of friendship from generation to
generation, development of mutually beneficial cooperation, strengthening
long-term and stable strategic partnership serves the fundamental
interests of both nations," he stated.
Vladimir Putin and Wen Jiabao, who arrived in Russia on an official
visit, have already held at a banquet in Strelna on Monday.
According to the China Daily newspaper, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and
his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin held talks Monday evening during
which they vowed to strengthen bilateral ties. They made the commitment in
small-scale talks after Wen arrived in the evening for an official visit
to Russia. Wen said that with the organisation of a series of cultural
activities including the language year programmes, China-Russia ties have
developed to an unprecedentedly high level. This is in line with the
fundamental interests of both countries and their peoples, contributes
vigorously to world peace and promotes development of both countries, Wen
said.
"I hope to inject new vigour into the comprehensive deepening of
Sino-Russian strategic partnership of coordination through my visit," said
the Chinese premier.
Putin said that Russia attaches great importance to bilateral ties
with China and expressed his satisfaction with the development of these
ties.
At present, both economies are facing with precious opportunities of
development and therefore cooperation between Russia and China is
conducive to rapid development of their economies, said Putin. He
expressed the hope that both countries would make concerted efforts to
ensure that bilateral cooperation can bear more fruit. The two leaders
also exchanged views on promoting cooperation in key sectors.
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