Chinese Premier Arrives In Russia For Official Visit
MOSCOW, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived here Sunday afternoon for an official visit to Russia, with a series of deals ranging from energy to people-to-people exchanges expected to be signed.
Li was greeted with a warm welcome ceremony upon his arrival.
On the occasion, he said the comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination between China and Russia has entered a new stage of development.
"With my visit, I am looking forward to further deepening the traditional friendship between China and Russia, and expanding our pragmatic cooperation, so as to achieve greater advancement in the development of bilateral ties," Li said.
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Li will also meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin as well as Valentina Matviyenko, chairwoman of the Federation Council or the upper house of parliament, and Sergei Naryshkin, speaker of the State Duma or the lower house of parliament.
The two sides are expected to ink about 50 mutually beneficial agreements and reach new consensus in the areas of energy, high-speed rail and finance.
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