BEIJING, December 19. /TASS/. Cooperation between Moscow and Beijing continues to strengthen and is becoming increasingly important amid global turbulence, the Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, Li Qiang said at a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.

"Mutual political trust between our two countries is growing and friendship between peoples continues to grow stronger. Our pragmatic cooperation and international coordination are becoming increasingly valuable in today's turbulent world. This fully illustrates the sound and stable Sino-Russian relations," he pointed out.

Li recalled that Mishustin and he had met more than once in the past few months, which "testifies to the high level of Sino-Russian relations and close cooperation between the two countries."