President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin sent congratulatory letters to the China-Russia energy business forum1 that opened in Beijing Thursday.
习近平主席和普京总统向周四在北京召开的中俄能源商务论坛发送祝贺信。
Xi said in the letter that the China-Russia comprehensive strategic
partnership2 of
coordination3 has been showing a strong
momentum4 and constant advances in all fields. In recent years, substantial achievements have been scored in
bilateral5 energy cooperation, which has played an active role in facilitating both countries' economic and social development.
"China is willing to work with Russia to take bilateral energy cooperation to a higher level," Xi said.
"Holding China-Russia energy business forum is an important
consensus6 reached between President Putin and myself, with a goal to facilitate direct dialogue between companies from both sides, extensively explore cooperation opportunities and
accurately7 synergize cooperation demand," Xi stressed.
Xi hoped that participants could share in-depth communication, cement consensus,
consolidate8 existing cooperations and explore new opportunities for cooperation in the spheres of energy trade, investment and finance.
Putin said in his letter that the Russia-China comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination has been
steadily9 strengthening and that energy cooperation, as a significant part of bilateral ties, has seen considerable development in recent years.
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