On the afternoon of May 14, 2017, Premier Li Keqiang met with President Vladimir Putin of Russia at the Great Hall of the People who was in China for the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation.

Li Keqiang expressed that at present, the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination continues to maintain a high-level development momentum. President Xi Jinping held a fruitful meeting with President Vladimir Putin, during which they reached many new consensus. China is willing to ride on the momentum with Russia to vigorously promote bilateral cooperation in finance, local affairs, agriculture, energy, civil aviation and other fields, further exert complementary advantages and tap cooperation potential, create a new pattern of cooperation driven by major projects and jointly boosted by small and medium-sized enterprises and innovative companies, and promote people-to-people and cultural exchanges, in a bid to push China-Russia cooperation for more new outcomes.

Li Keqiang pointed out that China is willing to promote the alignment of the “Belt and Road” and Eurasian Economic Union, and inject new impetus into the prosperity and development of Eurasia, as well as the steady growth of the world economy and the construction of an economic pattern featuring openness and inclusiveness.

Vladimir Putin expressed that under the care of the two countries’ leaders, Russia-China relations have been developing rapidly, the cooperation mechanism has worked smoothly and the bilateral trade and investment has been improved. Russia is willing to work with China to well implement the consensus on bilateral cooperation, promote cooperation on major projects in energy, transportation, aviation and aerospace and other fields, and expend people-to-people and cultural exchanges in education, sports, media, local affairs and other fields, in a bid to promote all-round development of Russia-China relations and cooperation.

State Councilor Yang Jing attended the meeting.