China supports energy cooperation between Chinese, Russian companies, Chinese FM says
21/3/2006 15:30
Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing told Russian press that his
government supports Chinese companies to conduct energy cooperation with Russian
enterprises.
"The Chinese government supports Chinese companies to cooperate
with Russian enterprises through various ways including investment to jointly
explore the oil and gas field in Russia's eastern Siberia and far east," Li said
in a written interview with Russia press posted Monday on the Feign Ministry's
official website.
Li said the presidents of the two countries and the two
governments have reached consensus, on many occasions, to support enterprises of
both countries to conduct cooperation on the exploration.
He said energy
cooperation is an important cooperative field between China and Russia and the
two countries are highly complementary in the field.
The Chinese Foreign
Minister said the energy cooperation between the two countries are currently
developing positively after years of efforts. He said he hoped the two countries
would continue the cooperation with the principle of mutual benefit and trust to
achieve a win-win result.
On global energy safety and the upcoming G8 summit
in Russia, Li said China supports Russia's proposal of listing the energy safety
issue as one of the key topics of the summit.
Li said China supports Russia
to play an important role in promoting international cooperation in the field of
energy.
He also expressed his hope that all the participants of the summit
would play constructive role in promoting global energy safety and boost
sustainable development.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to
arrive in China Tuesday for a two-day visit.
Xinhua
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