First Anniversary of Sino-Russian friendship Treaty Marked in Beijing

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First Anniversary of Sino-Russian friendship Treaty Marked in Beijing

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China, Russia Sign Good-Neighborly Friendship, Cooperation Treaty

The Sino-Russian Good-Neighborly Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation was an important milestone in the history of Sino-Russian relations, said Tomur Dawamat, vice chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee here Monday.

The remarks were made at a reception celebrating the first anniversary of the treaty which was signed by the two heads of states on July 16, 2001. During the past year, bilateral cooperation in all fields had developed rapidly, Tomur Dawamat said.

On important international issues, he said, China and Russia cooperated closely to maintain global balance and stability as well as to increase multipolarization.

As the two countries that initiated the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, China and Russia played increasingly important rolesin cracking down on international crime, safeguarding regional security and stability as well as promoting neighborly trust and cooperation, he said.

At a seminar preceding the reception, Chen Haosu, president of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, said the treaty boosted the Sino-Russian strategic partnership of cooperation on the basis of equality and mutual trust to a higher level.

The treaty affirms in legal terms the idea of a permanent friendship and the desire to be good neighbors, partners and friends, as well as forming new state-to-state relations on the basis of non-alliance, non-confrontation and not entering into conflict with any third country, he said.

"This sets a good example for the development of state-to-staterelations of friendly cooperation in the new century," he said.

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