Xi Jinping: Future of world depends on China-US relations

The nature of the relationship between China and the US affects not only the welfare of the peoples of the two countries but also the future of mankind, the President of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping, said, Report informs, with reference to TASS.

Speaking at a meeting with representatives from the US business community at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, the president stated that the well-being of the peoples of the two countries, as well as the future and fate of humanity, depend on the cooperation or confrontation between China and the US.

"As long as both sides regard each other as partners, respect each other's interests, live peacefully together, and cooperate for mutually beneficial results, bilateral relations will improve," the Chinese president stressed.

Xi Jinping expressed hope that the intensity of the exchange would eventually increase.