BEIJING, December 11. /TASS/. Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev has summed up the outcome of the first day of his visit to China.

Talking to reporters, he spoke about the state of relations between Moscow and Beijing, obstacles posed by the West in this regard and on certain internal Russian topics - shining a light on immigration.

Here are the key statements made by the high-ranking official.

On cooperation with China

- Relations between Moscow and Beijing are rock solid; they have never been better.

- Cross-party cooperation between the United Russia Party and the Communist Party of China is developing intensively.

- Tourism exchanges are growing by leaps and bounds. Millions of people already travel between Russia and China. This was facilitated sanctions from Western countries, who are trying to create obstacles for the Russians.

About the West’s discontent

- The West seeks to drive a wedge between Moscow and Beijing, because it sees this friendship as a threat to itself: "the entire policy of the Anglo-Saxon world is aimed at this."

- The pressure is unlikely to lessen under the new US Administration. It might even grow.

- The Anglo-Saxons will never succeed in pitting Russia against China: "These are good-neighborly, equitable relations between sovereign states - mutually profitable, beneficial and friendly."

About personal impressions

- China has undergone sweeping changes in the last few decades, an achievement that should be admired. "No one else in the world was able to do that."

- Good rituals begin "with a cup of good green tea in the morning" - this helps "to perk one up, even despite the jet lag."

About Russia and immigrants

- The interests of Russian citizens must be a priority of Russia’s immigration policy: "We protect our country with our legislation, while observing, of course, the fundamental rights of those [immigrants] who work here, in Russia."

- The most important thing is to scrupulously calculate the consequences of the decisions being made; such a complex problem is not to be taken lightly, reckless statements must not be made.

- Russia may take other countries’ immigration policies into consideration, but while taking national specifics into account: "It is necessary to use their experience. Although Russia is unique in its own way, like any other country."