On May 6, 2011, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi in Moscow.

Yang conveyed cordial greetings and good wishes from President Hu Jintao to Medvedev. Yang said China-Russia strategic cooperative partnership has greatly developed and achieved fruitful results since the signing of the Treaty of Good-neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation between China and Russia ten years ago. In the current situation, the two countries should summarize experience and set up the direction and principles for long-term sound, stable development of bilateral ties. China attaches great importance to President Hu Jintao's visit to Russia later this year and his attendance at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in Astana. China is ready to take this opportunity to hold in-dept discussions with Russia on major issues concerning bilateral ties and SCO's future development and achieve new breakthroughs of China-Russia strategic cooperative partnership in all areas.

Medvedev asked Yang to convey his appreciation and regards to President Hu. He said Russia-China relations enjoy broad prospects with frequent exchanges of visits and meetings between the leaders and deepening cooperation on economy, trade, energy, environmental protection and humanities. The two countries share similar positions on major international and regional issues and coordinate with each other smoothly. They have also worked closely in the UN, G20, BRICS and other international organizations. Presidnet Hu's visit to Russia is a great event in bilateral ties. the Russian side attaches great importance to the visit and will work with China to ensure its success.

Both sides also exchanged views on the situations in West Asia and North Africa as well as other international and regional issues.