CONVERSATION WITH WANG YI, MEMBER OF THE POLITICAL BUREAU OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA.

The Konstantinovsky Palace hosted a conversation between Vladimir Putin and Wang Yi, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the People's Republic of China, Head of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China.

Secretary of the Security Council Nikolai Patrushev also took part in the meeting from the Russian side, and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Russian Federation Zhang Hanhui from the Chinese side.

- Putin: ...it was a visit that gave a good impetus to the development of trade, economic and humanitarian ties. As for trade and economic ties, we recently stated this at a meeting with Zhang Guoqing, Vice Chairman of the State Council of the People's Republic of China: in the first months of this year, trade turnover exceeded 120 billion dollars. And we have every reason to hope that we will, at any rate, approach the figure of 200 billion. According to Chinese statistics, as I understand it, it's even a little more than 120 billion in the first seven months.

- Wang Yi: No matter how the international environment changes, China is ready to continue, strengthen mutual trust and continuously strengthen business cooperation between us, in the spirit of implementing the important agreements reached by you and President Xi Jinping, as well as to build up the social base between our peoples and strengthen coordination in the international arena, jointly safeguard our common interests, and promote international justice to promote international governance, to develop in a more rational way, to promote international governance, to promote international justice, and to promote international cooperation.

Source: Official web resources of the President of Russia