Neighbors set sights on greater cooperation

President Xi Jinping meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Mongolian President Khaltmaa Battulga on Saturday in Qingdao, Shandong province, for the fourth China-Russia-Mongolia leaders' meeting. He made the remarks during a trilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Mongolian President Khaltmaa Battulga on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit in Qingdao on Saturday. The three countries should push forward cooperation on major projects, implement the plan to build the China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor and boost cooperation in infrastructure, Xi said. Putin said it is important for Russia, China and Mongolia to enhance cooperation, and that it was good to see the countries have steadily pushed forward cooperation. Mongolia wants to work with China and Russia to implement the leaders' consensuses, start construction of the China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor as soon as possible, and push forward cooperation in infrastructure and energy, he said.