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HAMBURG, Germany, July 8-- Chinese President Xi Jinping's recent visit to Russia has promoted bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination and pragmatic cooperation to a higher level, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here on Saturday. During the visit, the two sides pledged to strengthen and deepen the bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination, Wang said. China and Russia are good neighbors, good friends and good partners, and bilateral ties are currently in their best time in history, which sets a model of relations between major countries as well as between neighboring countries, he said. Xi's visit to Russia contributed to maintaining the momentum of high-level exchange between the two countries and injected new impetus into the development of bilateral ties, he added. During his 26-hour compact visit that kicked off on Monday, Xi met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. The leaders had in-depth discussions on deepening bilateral ties and promoting cooperation in various fields. They reached consensus on a series of major issues, spelling out new strategic guidance to China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination, Wang said. During the visit, Xi was awarded by Putin the highest order of Russia, known as the Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called. The Chinese president stressed that the two countries should continue to deepen political and strategic mutual trust, while Putin pointed out that the high-level mutual trust and complete cooperation mechanisms are enormous advantages in Russia-China relations, Wang recalled. | 
