We want to raise cooperation with Russia to a new level, said the Chinese Prime Minister – Nauzal

So far, the pragmatic cooperation between China and Russia has a good development trend, and the volume of mutual investments is also on the rise, the Chinese premier told his Russian counterpart. Chinese companies often took the place of Western companies that withdrew from the Russian market due to Russian aggression against Ukraine.

Mishustin is the highest-ranking Russian official to go to Beijing since Russia launched the war last February. Chinese President Xi Jinping, on the other hand, was on a three-day visit to Moscow in March. He, too, has yet to meet with Mishustin.

At a recent summit in Hiroshima, Japan, the leaders of the G7 advanced economies called on Beijing to “pressure Russia” to stop its aggression against Ukraine. But the group also drew critical attention to the state of human rights in the country or China’s ambitions in the South China Sea. This provoked a negative reaction from China.