<p>Medvedev, who arrived on a state visit to China on Sunday with a message that bilateral ties were “sealed by blood” spilled fighting a common enemy during World War II, signed a joint statement with his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao to “comprehensively deepen their strategic partnership of coordination”.<br /><br />Medvedev said his talks with Hu have “injected new momentum” into bilateral ties and the two heads of state also issued a joint statement on the 65th anniversary of the War.<br /><br />Oil pipeline<br /><br />The two presidents also hailed the completion of a long-awaited 999-kilometre cross-border oil pipeline linking the world’s biggest oil producer with the largest energy consumer.<br /><br />Some 927 kilometres of the pipeline is in China while 72 kilometres is in Russia.<br />The pipeline starts in the Russian town of Skovorodino in the far-eastern Amur region and enters China at Mohe County before continuing to Daqing, a petrochemicals hub in the northeastern part of the country.<br /><br />The erstwhile Soviet Union was a source of inspiration for Chinese leader Mao Zedong, who initiated a similar socialist revolution in China and later chalked out his own form of Marxian ideology which came to be known as Maoism.<br /><br />China also came out of the Soviet bloc and extended its sphere of influence in the region cultivating allies like Pakistan, while Moscow remained steadfast with India.<br /><br />For peace, stability<br /><br />“China and Russia will maintain international peace and stability and promote the overall recovery, health and stable development of the world economy,” Hu said at a joint press conference with Medvedev after their meeting.<br /><br />The statement lays down that Russia and China will coordinate closely under the frameworks of G20, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and as BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China).<br /><br />Medvedev said Russia will continue to strategically cooperate with China to adapt to evolving global situation.<br /><br />Russian officials had said ahead of the visit that Russia-India-China (RIC) grouping too would figure in talks.<br /><br />But there was no mention of it in the official reports put out by the Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua about the meetings between the two presidents and the agreements signed.<br /><br />Anti-terror deal<br /><br />The two sides also signed an agreement on the fight against terrorism, separatism and extremism along with commercial deals covering coal, nuclear energy and banking.</p>
<p>Medvedev, who arrived on a state visit to China on Sunday with a message that bilateral ties were “sealed by blood” spilled fighting a common enemy during World War II, signed a joint statement with his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao to “comprehensively deepen their strategic partnership of coordination”.<br /><br />Medvedev said his talks with Hu have “injected new momentum” into bilateral ties and the two heads of state also issued a joint statement on the 65th anniversary of the War.<br /><br />Oil pipeline<br /><br />The two presidents also hailed the completion of a long-awaited 999-kilometre cross-border oil pipeline linking the world’s biggest oil producer with the largest energy consumer.<br /><br />Some 927 kilometres of the pipeline is in China while 72 kilometres is in Russia.<br />The pipeline starts in the Russian town of Skovorodino in the far-eastern Amur region and enters China at Mohe County before continuing to Daqing, a petrochemicals hub in the northeastern part of the country.<br /><br />The erstwhile Soviet Union was a source of inspiration for Chinese leader Mao Zedong, who initiated a similar socialist revolution in China and later chalked out his own form of Marxian ideology which came to be known as Maoism.<br /><br />China also came out of the Soviet bloc and extended its sphere of influence in the region cultivating allies like Pakistan, while Moscow remained steadfast with India.<br /><br />For peace, stability<br /><br />“China and Russia will maintain international peace and stability and promote the overall recovery, health and stable development of the world economy,” Hu said at a joint press conference with Medvedev after their meeting.<br /><br />The statement lays down that Russia and China will coordinate closely under the frameworks of G20, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and as BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China).<br /><br />Medvedev said Russia will continue to strategically cooperate with China to adapt to evolving global situation.<br /><br />Russian officials had said ahead of the visit that Russia-India-China (RIC) grouping too would figure in talks.<br /><br />But there was no mention of it in the official reports put out by the Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua about the meetings between the two presidents and the agreements signed.<br /><br />Anti-terror deal<br /><br />The two sides also signed an agreement on the fight against terrorism, separatism and extremism along with commercial deals covering coal, nuclear energy and banking.</p>
