Chinese premier: Willing to work with Russia to take pragmatic cooperation to new level
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Chinese Premier Li Qiang attend a welcoming ceremony in Beijing, China, 24 May, 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/Pool
Chinese Premier Li Qiang said on Wednesday (24 May) that China was willing to work with Russia to promote their pragmatic cooperation in various fields and take it to a "new level".
Pragmatic cooperation between China and Russia has shown a "good" development trend, and the scale of investment between the two is also continuously seeing an upgrade, Li told Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin during a meeting in Beijing.
Mishustin was the highest-ranking Russian official to visit the Chinese capital since Moscow sent thousands of its troops into Ukraine in February 2022.
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