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Jiang Zemin Visits Stalingrad Battle Site at Close of
Russia Visit

MOSCOW, Jul 18, 2001 -- (dpa) Chinese state and party
leader Jiang Zemin wound up a four-day official visit
to Russia Wednesday with a trip to the site of the
1942 battle of Stalingrad where Soviet troops
inflicted a huge defeat on Hitler's forces in World
War II. 

The battle for the city, now called Volgograd,
"embodies the great history of Russia", Interfax news
agency quoted Jiang as saying. 

He made an entry in Chinese in the visitor's book at
the city's memorial to the casualties of the fighting,
which translated as "Cherish peace on the planet,
build the future together". 

Deputy Russian Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov said
Jiang's visit too the town was a "great mark of
respect for Russia", and a fitting end for his
"historic" stay in Russia. 

On Monday, Jiang with Russian President Vladimir Putin
signed a treaty of friendship and cooperation between
the two countries that was hailed as a key element of
a new "strategic partnership". 

Jiang was due to return to Moscow later in the day and
then leave Russia for the city of Minsk in the
neighboring state of Belarus. There he will hold talks
with President Alexander Lukashenko.

(C)2001. dpa Deutsche Presse-Agentur
 

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