Upcoming negotiations in Beijing will certainly be successful and produce concrete results, Russian President Vladimir Putin told the Chinese news agency Xinhua ahead of his visit to China.

"I am always glad to meet with President of the People's Republic of China Hu Jintao and other Chinese leaders. I highly appreciate their warm attitude to Russia and its people and strong commitment to advancing our cooperation," the president said.

"For this reason, I expect the visit to produce new significant and specific results that will help considerably strengthen the Russian-Chinese strategic partnership. I have no doubts that the upcoming talks will be successful," the said.

Russia and China have managed to resolve all major political issues, including the border problem and "bring their trust to a qualitatively new level," Putin said.

"From our standpoint, Russian-Chinese relations in all areas have the most favorable prospects. We will continue to do our best to ensure their consistent and gradual development. We will patiently tackle all issues and will not shun difficulties," the president said.

"We in Russia highly appreciate our close relations with the People's Republic of China, which is our true partner. Your country's obvious successes in the economy, breakthroughs in science and education and your growing reputation worldwide enjoy our sincere respect. We plan to [continue to] develop comprehensive ties," Putin said. Russian-Chinese cooperation is not aimed against third countries, he said. Rather, it helps resolve global problems, he added. "Russian-Chinese strategic cooperation is transparent and is not aimed against third countries. It actually contributes to the creation of a more perfect world order," he said.

"Russian-Chinese cooperation is key to the efficiency of the international community's efforts to avert threats to security and sustainable development posed by international terrorism, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, organized crime, drug trafficking, ecological degradation, poverty and epidemics," Putin said.