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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Moscow, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said that cooperation between Russia and China in multilateral formats plays an important role in global affairs.
In a written interview with Xinhua ahead of his visit to China to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin and the festivities in Beijing to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory, Vladimir Putin praised Russia-China cooperation in multilateral formats. He stressed that this is a huge layer of bilateral relations and, of course, a significant factor in global politics.
The exchange of opinions on key international issues has repeatedly confirmed that Moscow and Beijing have a broad community of interests and similar views on fundamental issues, he said.
According to him, the Russian-Chinese strategic link acts as a stabilizing factor. The topic of current challenges and threats is invariably present in the bilateral political dialogue. Russian conceptual proposals for building a single space of equal and indivisible security in Eurasia echo the Initiative of Chinese President Xi Jinping on global security.
V. Putin noted that Russian-Chinese cooperation at the UN is at an unprecedentedly high level and is fully consistent with the spirit of comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation.
The two countries attach particular importance to the work in the Group of Friends in Defense of the UN Charter, which is a significant instrument for consolidating the Global South. “Russia and China are in favor of reforming the World Organization so that it fully restores its authority and corresponds to modern realities,” said V. Putin.
The Russian President said that close cooperation between Moscow and Beijing has made positive adjustments to the work of leading economic platforms such as the Group of Twenty and APEC.
"This year, the G20 is led by our South African friends. We expect that, based on the results of their 'watch', we will consolidate the achievements of the Global South and make them a starting point for the democratization of international relations. Within the APEC framework, the Chinese presidency in 2026 is intended to give impetus to Russian-Chinese contacts," he said.
V. Putin said that China and Russia actively interact within BRICS and jointly promote initiatives aimed at expanding the economic development opportunities of the participating countries, including the formation of common platforms for partnership in key sectors. The two countries pay special attention to attracting additional resources for the implementation of significant infrastructure projects and jointly advocate for further enhancing the role of BRICS in solving the pressing problems of our time. Russia and China jointly oppose discriminatory sanctions in global trade, which hinder socio-economic development.
V. Putin noted that Russia and China are in favor of reforming the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. The two sides agree that the new financial system should be built on the principles of openness and genuine fairness, ensure equal and non-discriminatory access to its instruments for all countries without exception, and reflect the real position of member countries in the global economy.
"We need progress for the benefit of all mankind. I am confident that Russia and China will continue to work together to achieve such a noble goal, to combine efforts for the prosperity of our great nations," V. Putin stated. –0–
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