China’s Leader Argues for Cooperation With Russia

Sergei Karpukhin/ReutersPresident Xi Jinping of China addressed students at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in Moscow on Saturday.

By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN and CHRIS BUCKLEYPublished: March 23, 2013 MOSCOW — President Xi Jinping of China made a case on Saturday for closer economic and foreign policy cooperation with Russia, using a speech at a university here to argue that the countries have converging goals, including an expansion of the oil and gas trade, as they pursue dreams of “national revival” and seek to offset the influence of the developed West.

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