RUSSIA: Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang meets with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, President-elect Vladmir Putin and representatives of the Russian industrial sector

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  • Title: RUSSIA: Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang meets with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, President-elect Vladmir Putin and representatives of the Russian industrial sector
  • Date: 28th April 2012
  • Summary: NEAR MOSCOW, RUSSIA (APRIL 27, 2012) (AGENCY POOL) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT DMITRY MEDVEDEV AND CHINESE VICE PREMIER LI KEQIANG TAKING SEATS FOR TALKS MEDIA, OFFICIALS (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT DMITRY MEDVEDEV, SAYING: "I'm glad to meet you here and to talk to you, to discuss multifaceted Russia-China relations and to look into their future, especially taking into account the context in which these relations have been developing for the last years. Quite recently I had a meeting with (Chinese) President Hu Jintao in India, we discussed good things that had happened, we discussed the plans and the horizons of our cooperation, and I consider your visit exactly in this context." TALKS IN PROGRESS (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINESE VICE PREMIER LI KEQIANG SAYING (AS TRANSLATED FROM RUSSIAN): "I am very glad to meet you Mr. President. Thank you very much for this opportunity to meet you. First of all let me pass regards from Hu Jintao. As you said, not so long ago you had a meeting during the summit in India. During that meeting you reached a new agreement which gave new stimulus to develop the strategic partnership and cooperation." MEDVEDEV, RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SERGEI LAVROV LISTENING LI KEQIANG SPEAKING TALKS IN PROGRESS
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  • Country: Russia
  • Topics: Politics
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  • Story Text: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang on Friday (April 27) in Moscow during Li's official visit to the Russian Federation.
    Medvedev hosted Li at his residence outside Moscow. The president said he was glad to discuss the many-sided Russian-Chinese relations that have developed during the last few years.
    "I'm glad to meet you here and to talk to you, to discuss multifaceted Russia-China relations and to have a look at their future, especially in the context on which these relations have been developing for the last years. Quite recently I had a meeting with (Chinese) President Hu Jintao in India, we discussed good things that had happened, we discussed the plans and the horizons of our cooperation, and I consider your visit exactly in this context," Medvedev said.
    Li also thanked Medvedev for the opportunity to meet and to discuss their countries' bilateral relationship.
    "I am very glad to meet you Mr. President. Thank you very much for this opportunity to meet you. First of all let me pass regards from Hu Jintao. As you said, not so long ago you had a meeting during the summit in India. During that meeting you reached a new agreement which gave new stimulus to develop the strategic partnership and cooperation," he said.
    Li also met with current Russian Prime Minister and President-elect Vladimir Putin to discuss strategic cooperation and partnership between two countries on Friday.
    On Saturday (April 28), he plans to meet Russian deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov at Russian-China trade forum, speak at Moscow State University and hold a briefing with Russian Foreign Ministry officials. He is also slated to meet with representatives from various Russian industrial and commercial sectors.
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