Reuters. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin met his Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Beijing on Tuesday (December 19) at the start a visit to China.
Mishustin is expected to meet President Xi Jinping during the two-day trip to China.
Beijing intends to expand energy cooperation with Russia along all stages of production, Chinese Ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui told the Russian state RIA news agency in an interview published on Tuesday.
With almost two years of conflict in Ukraine and in the face of tightening Western sanctions, Moscow has been leaning on Beijing for support, far more than China on Russia, feeding on Chinese demand for oil and gas.
