China and Russia agree to boost energy alliance

China and Russia agreed to strengthen a strategic partnership by expanding their co-operation to projects including oil trade, pipeline constructions, explorations and nuclear power.

“The first round of talks have achieved some positive results,” the official Xinhua News Agency quoted Chinese Vice-Premier Wang Qishang as saying during his meeting with visiting Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin yesterday.

Energy cooperation plays an important role in the strategic relationship between the two countries, the report said.

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