Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and State Council of the People's Republic of China Premier Wen Jiabao hold the sixteenth regular meeting between their countries' heads of government
“But we have always managed to reach a mutually acceptable compromise solution, which would satisfy both sides. And I’m very pleased that you and I now search for such compromises, that we understand each other, and that we are moving in the right direction,” Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said, while opening the extended Russian-Chinese negotiations.