Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan said Thursday in Beijing that China and Russia should deepen strategic collaboration in all fields so as to further consolidate and expand the social basis for bilateral friendship.

Addressing the second round of the Sino-Russian Strategic Security Talks, Tang said that both sides should strengthen coordination "in major strategic security issues", give stronger support to each other in major issues involving state sovereignty and national security.

Noting that Sino-Russian relations are facing an important development opportunity, Tang said that the establishment of the system of strategic security talks suits the need of development of Sino-Russian strategic cooperative partnership.

Speaking positively of the results of the first round of Sino-Russian Strategic Security Talks, Russian Security Council Secretary Igor Ivanov said that the Russia-China relations have developed to an unprecedented level amid the rapid change in international situation.

He noted that China and Russia have established a complete and multi-layer dialogue and interactive system and conducted fruitful coordination and cooperation in face of common new threats and challenges with attention given to each other's interests and concerns. All this shows the "wide and in-depth" Russia-China strategic cooperative partnership.

Ivanov said that the world has entered a new period of development while complicated and unpredictable factors are increasing, adding that the Russian side, together with China, would make efforts to promote the establishment of a fair, reasonable, secure and stable international order.

Both sides also held consultations on issues related to anti-terrorism, anti-proliferation of nuclear weapons, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the situation in Central Asia as well.

Source: Xinhua