国内英语新闻:Chinese president meets leaders on sidelines of G20 summit

Hu also met Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday afternoon, saying at the gathering that China is ready to strengthen coordination and cooperation with Russia within the framework of the G-20.

That's to advance the multilateral mechanism toward the direction of conforming with the interests of emerging economies, including China and Russia, Hu said.

Medvedev agreed with Hu's positions, saying that the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) have made important contributions to reform of the international monetary system.

He said Russia is ready to cooperate closely with China within the frameworks of BRIC and G-20 and continue to advance reform of the international monetary system and strengthening international financial supervision.

Hu said China is ready to work with Russia to nudge the G-20 Seoul summit to reinforce the momentum in the world economy's recovery, advance reform of the international financial system, push for the resolution of unbalanced growth in the South and North and work for comprehensive and balanced results of the Doha round of talks.

The presidents agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the regional and international organizations of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and BRIC countries.

They also exchanged views on the situation on the Korean peninsular and the Iranian nuclear issue.

The two presidents also discussed bilateral ties in their fifth meeting since the start of this year.

China and Russia will hold grand activities to mark the 10th anniversary of the signing of the China-Russia treaty of good neighborhood, friendship and cooperation in a bid to boost their traditional friendship and all-round strategic cooperation, they said.