OREANDA-NEWS. The Chinese authorities intend to purposefully strengthen strategic contacts with the Russian Federation and implement the agreements that were reached between the leaders of the two countries. This was stated on Friday by the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, Gen Shuang.

According to the diplomat, the level of trust and cooperation between Moscow and Beijing "is at the highest level". "China is ready to cooperate with Russia for the sake of implementing the agreements that were reached between the leaders of the two countries, for the sake of continuous progress in developing our comprehensive strategic partnership", said Geng Shuang.

On Thursday, Putin held a press conference to which about 1.9 thousand journalists were accredited; it lasted more than four hours. Answering a question from a Chinese journalist about relations between Russia and the PRC, the Russian leader emphasized that there is an unprecedented level of trust between the two co