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MOSCOW, Sept. 28-- China's top legislator Li Zhanshu and top Russian officials have agreed to further strengthen bilateral comprehensive cooperation and continue to promote legislative coordination for stronger ties. Li, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China, on Saturday completed an official visit to Russia, during which he held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the heads of both houses of the Russian parliament. The Russian leaders congratulated China on the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and hailed the great achievements China has made in the past seven decades. The two sides also exchanged congratulations on the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Russia. When meeting Putin, Li said, under the strategic guidance of the heads of state of the two countries, China-Russia relations have hit an uNPRecedented high and entered a new era of higher level and greater development. Under the current international situation, China and Russia should strengthen mutual support, jointly build strategic support and security barriers between the two countries, and promote the construction of a new type of international relations and a community with a shared future for mankind, Li said. He called on the two sides to bring their political mutual trust and strategic cooperation to a new height, and push economic and trade cooperation to a new level, so as to move forward their comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era. | 
