China supports strong and democratic Russia - official

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MOSCOW, March 23 (Itar-Tass) - China's Vice-President Xi Jinping
emphasized on Tuesday the role of Russia as one of the key players on the
world arena.
"We support a democratic and strong Russia as one of the poles in the
present-day world order," the Chinese official said at talks with Russian
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
He stressed that China wants Russia to "play an important role in
international and regional affairs, that would be in line with its status
of a great power".
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