and improve international energy supply and jointly safeguard global energy security. The two sides support the formation and application of a new energy security outlook featuring mutually beneficial cooperation, diversified development and coordinated guarantee. They also express support for accelerated research, development and promotion of new environment-friendly energy technologies.

8. The two sides speak positively of the progress made in the Six-Party Talks on the Korean nuclear issue. They urge all the parties to stay on the track of peaceful settlement through dialogue and negotiation, continue to meet each other half way and demonstrate flexibility in order to make more progress, achieve early denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, and realize normalization of relations between relevant countries and lasting peace and security in Northeast Asia. The two sides stand ready to continue to play a positive role in this endeavor.

The two sides stand for peaceful settlement of pressing international issues including the Iranian nuclear issue, the Iraqi issue, reconstruction in Afghanistan, the Middle East, Kosovo and Sudan (Darfur) issues through dialogue and consultation on an equal footing. They call on all parties to keep in mind global and regional security, make diplomatic efforts, avoid use of force or other extreme measures, view and apply sanction with great caution and accommodate the interests of the countries directly involved while addressing the above-mentioned issues.

9. The two sides believe the diversity of civilization and culture is an important force driving human progress. All countries should intensify dialogue among civilizations, cultures and religions on the basis of equality and mutual respect and achieve harmonious development and inclusiveness of all civilizations and cultures.

10. The two sides reiterate their respect for the universality of human rights and believe all countries have the right to promote and protect human rights in light of their national conditions. All countries should solve human rights frictions through dialogue and cooperation based on sovereign equality and non-interference in each other's internal affairs, oppose politicization of human rights issues, double standards, or using human rights as pretext to interfere in other countries' internal affairs, and urge the international community to address human rights issues in an objective and non-selective manner.

11. The two sides stand ready to strengthen the G8 Outreach Session dialogue and other international cooperation mechanisms, such as the foreign ministers' meetings among BRIC countries and among China, Russia and India. They stand ready to promote the development of the above-mentioned mechanisms and the establishment of new ones on the basis of shared interests to seek solutions through consensus to threats and challenges facing global and regional security and sustainable development.

The two sides welcome the establishment of a coordination mechanism among regional integration agencies, especially better coordination in East Asia, and expanded political dialogue, economic cooperation and social and cultural exchanges in the region. China supports Russia's greater involvement in East Asia integration.

The two sides believe that the SCO has become an extremely important factor contributing to strategic stability, peace, security and development of diversified economic and cultural cooperation in Eurasia. The two sides reiterate their commitment to greater unity within SCO. The two sides believe it is important to deepen SCO dialogue with relevant countries, international organizations and fora under the principle of openness and non-targeting at any third country to find generally acceptable solutions to pressing issues.

President of the People's Republic of China  Hu Jintao (Signature)

President of the Russian Federation Dmitry A. Medvedev (Signature)

(Source: www. fmprc.gov.cn)