On the morning of April 2, 2013, Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi met with outgoing Russian Ambassador to China Sergey Razov in Zhongnanhai.

Yang said that President Xi Jinping has recently paid a very successful state visit to Russia at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin. The leaders of the two countries mapped out a grand blueprint for future Sino-Russian all-round cooperation, injecting strong impetus into in-depth development of the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between China and Russia. The two sides should actively implement the consensus reached between the two heads of state, in order to benefit the two peoples and promote world and regional peace, stability and development.

Razov said that Russia is willing to closely cooperate with China and take the opportunity of Xi’s visit to promote greater development of Russian-Chinese relations in various fields.