The two countries vowed to expand economic and energy cooperation at the annual meeting of their heads of government in Beijing
China and Russia will expand economic and energy cooperation as they bring “stability and positive energy” to the world, Premier Li Qiang told his Russian counterpart on Tuesday.
According to China’s state broadcaster CCTV, both sides agreed at the annual meeting between the two heads of government to “expand bilateral trade and agricultural cooperation, jointly safeguard the energy security of the two countries, strengthen interconnection, enhance exchanges and local cooperation, and ensure industrial and supply chains are safe and stable”.
Li told Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin: “China is willing to work with Russia to take the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries next year as an opportunity to implement the important consensus reached by our two heads of state … to promote China-Russia relations to achieve new and major development, and inject greater stability and more positive energy into the world.”
According to a transcript from the Russian side, Mishustin said relations between the two countries were at the “highest level”.
He added that 90 per cent of bilateral deals would be settled in either roubles or yuan this year, and he hoped to bring economic cooperation with China to the “next level”.
