Russian-Chinese media tour important for development of relations - Chinese ministry

BEIJING, June 27. /TASS/. The Russia-China media tour, organized by TASS and China’s Renmin Ribao (People’s Daily), is of big importance for development of friendship and cooperation between Russia and China, the Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hong Lei told TASS on Monday. "The media of Russia and China have a plan of covering the event, where the purpose is strengthening of friendship," he said. "It is of major importance for better understanding of each other, for development of friendship between peoples and development of cooperation." "We hope this event will be successful and will become a new force in improvement of relations between Russia and China," he said. The opening ceremony of the second stage of the media tour was organized on Saturday in China in presence of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and China’s President Xi Jinping. The media tour will cover the Russian regions bordering China in the Amur region and the Maritime Territory. The joint group of participants in the media tour features journalists from leading Chinese media, including the People’s Daily, the China Daily, the Voice of China radio station, the China Radio International, and CCTV. The Russian delegation, besides TASS delegation, features representatives of leading federal (NTV, Moskovsky Komsomolets, Komsomolskaya Pravda, Rossiiskaya Gazeta) and region media. Read more