Ambassador Sergei Razov: China and Russia seek democratic multi-polar relationships among nations, supremacy of settlement of international problems with political and diplomatic methods
His article is part of a special edition posted ahead of an official visit of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to the People's Republic of China.
"The similarity of our ideas about world order fundamentals is a unifying factor. Both states call for strengthening the legal foundation of world politics, recognizing the multi-polar reality and democratizing international relations. A just world order based on the supremacy of international law and the leading role of the United Nations and the settlement of problems with political and diplomatic methods are unconditional priorities of Russia and China," the article says.
"Our countries have practically identical views of a number of major international and regional problems. This is a proof of the concurrence, consonance or parallelism of our fundamental interests and a foundation for the further strengthening of the Russian-Chinese strategic partnership, which is not targeted against third countries," Razov said.
Russian Trade Representative to China Sergei Tsyplakov also wrote an article for the special edition.
"The general improvement of Russia-China relations to the level of strategic partnership and cooperation, which was affirmed in the 2001 Treaty of Neighborliness, Amity and Cooperation, and the settlement of border problems created a favorable foundation for more intensive economic contacts," he said.
RIA Novosti issued the special edition in Beijing on May 22.