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China und Russland wollen Kooperation, insbesondere im Energiesektor, weiter ausbauen:

By XU WEI and ZHENG XIN | China Daily | Updated: 2022-11-30 07:00
President's message to forum stresses need to safeguard stability of industry, supply chains

President Xi Jinping underlined on Tuesday China's readiness to forge an even closer energy partnership with Russia to promote the development of clean and green energy, ensure global energy security and safeguard the stability of industry and supply chains.

Xi made the remarks in a congratulatory message to the fourth China-Russia Energy Business Forum. Russian President Vladimir Putin also sent a congratulatory message to the forum.

Xi highlighted energy cooperation between the two countries as a key cornerstone of bilateral pragmatic cooperation and a positive force in upholding global energy security.

In the face of external risks and challenges, China and Russia enhanced communication and coordination and pushed forward major cooperation programs, which demonstrated the strong resilience of their energy cooperation and illustrated the broad prospects of the bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era, he said.

He called on both sides to make new contributions to the long-term, healthy and sustained development of the international energy market.

Russia continued to be China's largest source of energy imports in 2021. The nation's energy imports from Russia reached 334.29 billion yuan ($46.62 billion) last year, up 47.4 percent year-on-year, accounting for 65.3 percent of the total value of China's imports from Russia last year, according to the General Administration of Customs.

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