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Russian President Vladimir Putin considers it important to turn the Russian-Chinese border into a "belt of eternal peace and friendship," RIA Novosti reports. He stated this during a video conference with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
On Monday, June 28, the leaders of the two countries officially announced the extension of the bilateral treaty on good-neighborliness, friendship and cooperation. The agreement will be valid for the next five years.
Vladimir Putin noted the fundamental points in the treaty - mutual support in the protection of state unity and territorial integrity, refusal to be the first to use nuclear weapons and to target each other with strategic missiles.
According to Putin, such agreements are of great importance in the modern world. They relate to respect for the right of peoples to choose a social structure and their own path of development, non-interference in internal affairs.
Putin stressed that the two countries managed to bring relations "to unprecedented heights"; they can serve as an image of interstate interaction in the 21st century.
As Russkiy Mir
reported, the heads of Russia and China agreed to extend the agreement on good-neighborliness, friendship and cooperation, concluded in 2001, in March this year. The document was signed 20 years ago by the heads of two states, Vladimir Putin and Jiang Zeming.
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