Russia-China cooperation at highest level in history of bilateral ties - top lawmaker

BEIJING, May 5. /TASS/. Russia’s lower house speaker Sergey Naryshkin said on Thursday the Russian-Chinese relations are at the unprecedentedly high level in history of their development. "Over the past several years the cooperation between our countries has been consistently developing and it is evident that the level of our cooperation can be assessed as the highest one in the entire history of the Russian-Chinese relations," the State Duma speaker said after talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Zhang Dejiang. The delegation of Russian lawmakers led by Naryshkin flew to China on Wednesday. On Thursday and Friday, the Russian MPs are due to hold a number of official meetings in Beijing and Shenzhen. The delegation includes head of State Duma foreign affairs committee Alexei Pushkov, head of committee for economic policy Anatoly Aksakov and head of committee for property issues Sergey Gavrilov who also coordinates the group for ties with China’s parliament. Read more