China's President Xi Jinping on Wednesday emphasized the importance of Beijing's security cooperation with Russia saying there is an urgent need for both sides to implement their security agreement.

According to Xinhua, Xi made the statement during a meeting with Nikolai Patrushev, the secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation (SCRF), this month.

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Patrushev attended the 12th round of China-Russia bilateral security talks and the third meeting of the China-Russia law enforcement and security cooperation mechanism held in Beijing.

Cooperation mechanism

Xi called on Russia to take advantage of the two countries' cooperation mechanism and further discuss security consultations and exchanges as part of the enhancement of diplomatic and defense ties between the two sides.

President Xi said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin reached a consensus on security issues during the G20 summit over a week ago in Hangzhou city.

Chinese state media noted that Beijing gave the red carpet treatment to Putin during the G20 summit indicating the importance that China attaches to improving its military and economic ties with Moscow.

Mutual support

"Both of us agreed that China and Russia need to strengthen mutual support on major issues and consolidate political mutual trust," Xi told Patrushev.

Xi said despite the changes brought about by adverse international events or external forces, China and Russia need to protect world peace and stability.

"No matter how the international situation or the external environment changes, both countries need to work hard to realize their goals of development and revitalisation and to safeguard world peace and stability as well as international equity and justice," he said.

Patrushev said both China and Russia have roles to play on the international stage since both countries are considered important powers in world affairs.

He added that both nations regularly conduct communications on major global and regional security issues and also initiate dialogues with the United Nations.

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