Putin thanks TASS, Xinhua for information support of Russian-Chinese cooperation

MOSCOW, June 23. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked the TASS and Xinhua news agencies for information support of the Russia-China cooperation. Putin was speaking in an interview with Xinhua shortly before his visit to China on June 24-25. President of Xinhua News Agency Cai Mingzhao, who held the conversation with Putin, informed the Russian leader that within the framework of his visit to Beijing, TASS and Xinhua plan to sign a cooperation agreement. "Thank you for your assistance in this area since media support is just as important as the substantive work done by diplomats in the modern world, as they say," Putin said. Read mre