Chinese President Hu Jintao(R) shakes hands with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov durign their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Nov. 4, 2005.

Chinese President Hu Jintao on Friday called for more and better cooperation between China and Russia, in a bid to further enhance the Sino-Russian strategic and cooperative partnership.

Hu said that while meeting Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Yefimovich Fradkov, who is here for the 10th regular meeting between Chinese and Russian prime ministers.

"The Sino-Russian strategic and cooperative partnership kept growing this year and showed great vigor," Hu said.

Chinese and Russian leaders met four times and reached consensus on major issues this year, he said.

The two countries signed a joint statement on international order in the new century and launched strategic security consultation, according to Hu.

The two countries have also carried out sound cooperation in politics, trade, economy, energy, investment and military sectors, and coordinated closely on international and regional affairs, he noted.

The president urged the two sides to further utilize the regular meeting between Chinese and Russian prime ministers and strive for more fruits.

Fradkov said that Russia and China have done a lot of fruitful work in implementing the consensus reached by the two countries' leaders.

The two sides enhanced mutual-understanding and mutual-trust, enriched the strategic and cooperative partnership, and coordinated soundly on major international and regional issues, he said.

Russia and China share common points of view on the goal and measures in the next stage of cooperation, he said, appealing to the two sides for implementation of all the proposed projects.

Source: Xinhua