Bangladesh, July 17 -- Today, as a more equitable multipolar world order takes shape, the multifaceted partnership between Russia and China - two great powers and largest neighbours - stands as a model for interstate engagement founded on equality, a balance of interests, and mutual advantage.

The groundwork for our cooperation was laid at the turn of the century. Three decades ago, in a joint summit declaration, Moscow and Beijing first articulated a course towards an equal and trusting partnership oriented towards strategic interaction in the 21st century. This innovative formula was soon given legal expression in a key bilateral instrument - the Treaty of Good-Neighbourliness, Friendship and Cooperation. Signed in Moscow exactly 25 ye...