China is ready for a “closer partnership” with Russia on energy, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a letter cited on Tuesday by the state news agency.
“Energy cooperation is an important cornerstone of practical cooperation between China and Russia,” and China is “ready to work with Russia to forge a closer partnership in energy cooperation,” the official Xinhua news agency reported.
According to the agency, Xi Jinping’s comment was made in a letter addressed to the 4th Sino-Russian Energy Business Forum.
China is one of the largest buyers of Russian oil and gas, and its purchases more than doubled in the year to October to $10.2 billion as Chinese importers took advantage of discounts offered by Moscow.
This came after Europe, the United States and Japan reduced their energy purchases from Russia and excluded the country from the global banking system in retaliation for the war unleashed by Russia in Ukraine on February 24 and which is still raging.
Relations between Beijing and Moscow have been strengthening since the 1990s, mainly to try to counter US dominance in world affairs.
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