Yearender: China, Russia set example of int'l relations with overall promotion of bilateral ties

President Xi walks to the the Tian'anmen Rostrum accompanied by Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and South Korean President Park Geun-hye, right. [Photo/Xinhua]

During the recent China-Russia Prime Ministers' Regular Meeting in Beijing, China and Russia signed more than 30 cooperative documents in areas of energy, investment, finance, high technology, which represent a higher level of their relationship.

Besides, a slew of concrete cooperation projects was agreed on when Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli visited Russia in June and attended the 19th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Trutnev has said that Russia considers China as one of its main partners in the development of Far East, and he hoped that Chinese businesses could play an active role in projects like the building of railways, border checkpoints and cross-border aerial ropeways.

"The combination of the two initiatives will synergize all related parties across the Eurasian continent, and the principal economic space consisting of Russia, China and other countries in the region will be the nucleus of the future Eurasia-wide structure," Denis Tyurin, director of the SCO Business Club, told Xinhua.

STRONG COMMITMENT TO UPHOLD WORLD PEACE

As main battle fields in Asia and Europe during WWII, as well as permanent members of the UN Security Council, China and Russia hold a series of activities to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the WWII victory this year, and reiterated their commitment to the principles of the UN Charter.

Xi, along with leaders from many other countries, attended the grand Victory Day parade at Moscow's Red Square on May 9, while Putin joined a host of foreign guests at the landmark military parade in downtown Beijing on Sept. 3.

What's more, a Chinese guard of honor consisting of 102 servicemen was invited for the first time to take part in the V-Day parade in Moscow, while Russian troops made their debut in the parade on Tiananmen Square in Beijing.

As some countries have been attempting to distort the wartime history, the presence of both leaders and the unprecedented participation of servicemen from each side in the parades delivered a clear message: China and Russia are seeing eye to eye on upholding the post-war international order and safeguarding world peace.

"China and Russia joining hands in celebrating the 70th anniversary of victory in the World Anti-Fascist War is of great significance, as rightist forces and neo-Nazi groups have reared their ugly heads in different parts of the world," said Sergey Luzyanin, deputy director of the Far East Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.