BEIJING, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- President of China's Xinhua News Agency Cai Mingzhao on Tuesday met with Dmitry Kiselev, general director of Russia Today International Information Agency, pledging closer cooperation between the two sides.

Kiselev is in Beijing to attend the first BRICS Media Summit. The summit concluded here on Tuesday after leaders of 25 media organizations vowed in a joint declaration to deepen cooperation.

During the meeting, Cai said the China-Russia relationship is at its best ever in history and called on Xinhua and Russia Today to do more practical work for the development of the ties between the two countries.

Kiselev expressed support to the initiatives put forward by Xinhua on practical media cooperation among BRICS countries, saying his agency will reinforce cooperation with Xinhua in implementing these initiatives.