On the morning of May 8 local time, President Xi Jinping held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Phoenix 24 reports.
President Xi said it was a great pleasure to visit Russia again and attend the celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union’s Great Patriotic War at President Putin’s invitation.
President Xi pointed out that history and reality have fully demonstrated that the sustained development and deepening of China-Russia relations is a logical effort for keeping the long-standing friendship between the two peoples, a natural choice for helping each other succeed and achieve development and revitalization, and a response to the call of our times for upholding international fairness and justice and advancing the reform of the global governance system.
President Xi noted that this year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Soviet Union’s Great Patriotic War, and the World Anti-Fascist War. Eighty years ago, the Chinese and Russian peoples made immense sacrifice and secured a great victory. Their pivotal contribution to world peace and human progress is a shining chapter in the annals of history.
Today, in the face of unilateralist countercurrents, bullying and acts of power politics, China is working with Russia to shoulder the special responsibilities of major countries and permanent members of the U.N. Security Council with courage and conviction, uphold the correct historical perspective on WWII, safeguard the authority and standing of the U.N., resolutely defend the rights and interests of China, Russia and all other developing countries, and jointly promote an equal and orderly multipolar world and a universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization.