PHOTO: Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang
China and Russia have pledged to deepen investment and energy cooperation and strengthen bilateral relations following a series of recent high-level meetings.
Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang arrived in Russia on Sunday, where he stayed until Tuesday to attend the 11th Sino-Russian Investment Cooperation Committee, the 21st Sino-Russian Energy Cooperation Committee and the 6th Sino-Russian Energy Business Forum.
Ding, a member of the Standing Committee of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, highlighted the strategic talks and agreements reached by the two heads of state and said the talks have set a new roadmap for the development of Sino-Russian relations and cooperation.
China is willing to work with Russia to implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state and to raise the level of investment and energy cooperation, Ding said. He highlighted the progress in Sino-Russian cooperation, which has brought tangible benefits to both countries, and called for drawing up plans to promote bilateral investment and large-scale projects.
The Russian side appreciated the development of Russian-Chinese relations and the successes in practical cooperation. It expressed its willingness to fully implement the consensus reached by the Heads of State and expand cooperation, thus contributing to the growth of the Russian-Chinese strategic partnership.
Ding attended the opening ceremony of the 6th China-Russia Energy Business Forum, where he read a congratulatory letter from Chinese President Xi Jingping and delivered a speech. He stressed the importance of strategic energy cooperation for the economic and energy security of the two countries and called for building a closer partnership in energy cooperation.
Igor Sechin, head of the Russian oil company Rosneft, read out a congratulatory letter from Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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The visit to the Russian Federation by Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang marks a further broadening of Russia's energy horizons. Anyone who cannot see what the visit means for the future cannot understand its significance, and this is particularly true for Europe. To deliberately cut oneself off from the energy systems of Russia and China, but not only from the energy systems, also from the environmental sectors, is a fundamental mistake, because China is dealing with all this.
If Europe, the European Union and especially its leaders, dominated by transnational corporations and neoliberal politicians, do not realise in time that Europe must function without dependence on transatlantic structures, whether global, transnational economic or political, it will be the end of Europe. Neither China nor Russia wants this, but it will have social consequences for the entire European Union, including the Czech Republic. The absurd policies of the current government of Petr Fiala are going the other way, and the voters should do something about it.
It should be fine now.