Meeting with Premier of the State Council of China Li Qiang

Taking part in the meeting on the Russian side were Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov Lavrov SergeiMinister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation , First Deputy Prime Minister, Russian Co-Chair of the Russia-China Intergovernmental Commission on Investment Cooperation Denis Manturov Manturov DenisFirst Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation , Deputy Prime Minister, Co-chair of the Russia-China Intergovernmental Commission on Humanitarian Cooperation Tatyana Golikova Golikova TatyanaDeputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation , Deputy Prime Minister, Co-chair of the Russia-China Intergovernmental Commission on Energy Cooperation Alexander Novak Novak AlexanderDeputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation , Deputy Prime Minister - Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District, Co-Chair of the Russia-China Intergovernmental Commission on Cooperation and Development of the Far East and the Baikal Region of Russia and the Northeast of the People's Republic of China Yury Trutnev Trutnev YuryDeputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation - Plenipotentiary Presidential Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District , Deputy Prime Minister, Co-Chair of the Russia-China Intergovernmental Commission on Regular Meetings Between Heads of Government Dmitry Chernyshenko Chernyshenko DmitryDeputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation , Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Maxim Oreshkin Oreshkin MaximDeputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office , Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office - Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov Peskov DmitryDeputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office, Presidential Press Secretary , Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov Ushakov YuryAide to the President , Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the People's Republic of China Igor Morgulov, Minister of Agriculture Oksana Lut Lut OksanaMinister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation , Minister of Culture Olga Lyubimova Lyubimova OlgaMinister of Culture of the Russian Federation , Minister of Transport Andrei Nikitin Nikitin AndreiMinister of Transport , Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov Reshetnikov MaximMinister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation , Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov Siluanov AntonMinister of Finance of the Russian Federation , Minister of Construction, Housing and Utilities Irek Fayzullin Fayzullin IrekMinister of Construction, Housing and Utilities of the Russian Federation , Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Falkov Falkov ValeryMinister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation , and Governor of the Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina Nabiullina ElviraGovernor of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia) .

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Premier of the State Council of the PRC Li Qiang (retranslated): In November last year, I attended a meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of Government held in Moscow. I am deeply grateful to you and to the Russian side in general for the excellent organisation of the meeting and for your hospitality. I would like to once again express my gratitude for that.

President Xi Jinping has met with you today, and you have charted an ambitious plan for the further development of our bilateral relations.

Chinese-Russian relations maintain stability and predictability against the backdrop of a turbulent international situation. This is extremely important for us, as it allows us to jointly respond to all kinds of challenges and threats.

To be continued.