Xi meets United Russia party chairman Medvedev

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, meets here Thursday with Chairman of the United Russia party Dmitry Medvedev. BEIJING -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, met here Thursday with Chairman of the United Russia party Dmitry Medvedev. Xi pointed out that since the establishment of relations between the CPC and the United Russia party more than 20 years ago, the two sides have conducted high-level and constructive interactions, strengthened exchanges and mutual learning on party and state governance, continuously enriched the content of institutionalized exchanges between the two parties, and helped consolidate political and strategic mutual trust between China and Russia. Noting that the exchanges and cooperation between the United Russia party and the CPC bear special responsibilities in the relations between the two countries, Medvedev said the United Russia party is willing to promote pragmatic cooperation and youth exchanges through the dialogue mechanism between the ruling parties of Russia and China, strengthen education on traditional values such as patriotism and promote the long-term development of bilateral relations.