Russia’s priority in ensuring its security and social and economic development is to enhance partnership with China, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said on Monday, Eurasia Diary reports citing Tass News.

"Friendly Russian-Chinese ties have been gradually developing based on the principles of transparency and mutual respect," Patrushev said opening bilateral consultations in Beijing as part of the public security, justice, law and order mechanism.

"Strengthening dialogue with China for us is an absolute and long-term priority meeting the goals of ensuring national security and stable social and economic development," Patrushev emphasized.

This summer at the Russian-Chinese summit in Moscow the sides announced that the all-compassing partnership and strategic cooperation between Russia and China has entered a new era coinciding with the 70th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between the two countries, Patrushev recalled.