New impetus injected to promote healthy development of Sino-Russian relations

The current high-level cooperation between China and Russia is the result of the joint guidance given by Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin, who have steered bilateral relations in the right direction with their shared commitment to good-neighborliness, comprehensive strategic partnership, and mutually beneficial cooperation.

Having exchanged greetings on New Year's Eve, the two leaders had a video call on Tuesday in which they exchanged Chinese New Year greetings and reiterated their joint resolve to promote practical cooperation to advance the high-quality development and modernization of the two countries.

Xi called on the two countries to continuously use the certainty and resilience of their relations to respond to the rising uncertainties of the external environment, and to jointly promote the two countries' common development and safeguard international fairness and justice.