国内英语资讯:How do officials, experts view Xis upcoming visit to Russia?_时事

国内英语资讯:How do officials, experts view Xis upcoming visit to Russia?

The two countries, he pointed out, serve as a ballast for regional and global peace and stability.

It is a strategic choice for China and Russia to strengthen their relations since it is in line with the core interests of both countries and their peoples, said Li.

"No matter how the international environment changes, we should make all-out efforts to maintain and improve bilateral relations," said the ambassador.

Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Li Huilai said at a press conference on Thursday that Xi's visit to Russia is expected to boost high-level development of bilateral comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership to new heights, and contribute to regional and global peace and prosperity.

China has been Russia's largest trading partner for six years and Russia has been a major source for China to import energy and high-tech products.

According to China's General Administration of Customs, China-Russia trade grew 33.7 percent in the first five months this year to 223.1 billion yuan (about 32.8 billion U.S. dollars).

"Given the dynamics of trade development, the goal for the immediate future of 80 billion dollars, in my opinion, is definitely complicated, but realistic," Russian Economic Development Minister Maxim Oreshkin said, talking about prospects for the development of annual trade between Russia and China.

"I'm convinced that the forthcoming visit of President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping to Russia in July will give an additional impetus to cooperation in various fields and will allow us to come closer to the goal of bringing mutual trade to 200 billion dollars by 2020," Oreshkin said.