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BEIJING, July 5-- China's top legislator Li Zhanshu Wednesday held talks with Russian Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, in which he stressed the need to "provide legal support for promoting the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination." Li, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), said with great attention and promotion by Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin, China-Russia relations have witnessed rapid development and reached their best stage in history. Mature and stable relations between the two countries are not only the precious treasure of both countries and peoples, but also important support for global peace and stability, he said. "China stands ready to firmly deepen the bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination and safeguard each other's interests and common interests against the backdrop of complicated and volatile international situations," Li said. Pointing out that President Xi and President Putin announced 2018 and 2019 as years of China-Russia local cooperation and exchange, Li said local cooperation plays a unique role in China-Russia relations. He called on both sides to "promote the implementation of the consensus reached by the two heads of states, promote the integration of the Belt and Road Initiative and the Eurasian Economic Union, expand the scope and depth of bilateral cooperation, provide legal support for bilateral trade exchanges, major cooperation projects and new areas of cooperation, and inject strong impetus to the development of bilateral relations." | 
