MOSCOW, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- The reciprocal language years staged in China and Russia are a powerful impetus for cultural exchanges and friendship, said an expert from the International Association of Teachers of Russian Language and Literature (MAPRYAL) on Friday.

    Liu Limin, vice president and general secretary of the association, told Xinhua that the language-year events, acknowledged by Chinese and Russian leaders as a pivotal measure to promote mutual understanding, friendly ties and strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries, "are of realistic and historical significance."

    Liu, who was also the president of the Association of Chinese Teachers of Russian Language and Literature (ACTRLL), took an anecdote from ancient Chinese history as an example.

    He said a Chinese emperor in the Ming Dynasty once wrote a goodwill letter to the Russ...

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