LIMA - CHINA and Russia must deepen their cooperation amid the most serious economic and political changes the world has seen since the Cold War, President Hu Jintao said on Sunday, quoted by Russian agencies.

'Currently the international political and economic architecture is experiencing the most deep and serious changes since the Cold War. China and Russia should further strengthen their strategic cooperation,' Mr Hu said at talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Interfax and RIA Novosti reported.

Mr Medvedev responded that current world problems should not inhibit China and Russia from 'discussing fully fledged cooperative, strategic relations in all their fullness.'

The two were meeting at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Lima, Peru. -- AFP