Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing met with visiting Russian Security Council Secretary Igor Ivanov in Beijing Thursday.

The two sides spoke highly of bilateral cooperation in the fields of politics, economy and trade, energy, military and investment.

They also highlighted collaboration within the UN and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) framework and on other international and regional issues, expressing the commitment that China and Russia will make a concerted effort to achieve the success of the meeting of the two heads of state and the SCO summit next year.

Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo also met with Ivanov on the same day.

Ivanov is here as guest of State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan to attend the second round of Sino-Russian Strategic Security Talks.

(Xinhua News Agency October 21, 2005)