Russia and China have signed several documents on cooperation in the energy sector.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Chinese Chairman Hu Jintao signed statements on the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II and on the strengthening of partnership and strategic interaction.
The documents, which have been concluded, include a protocol on making amendments to the agreement between Russian and Chinese governments on oil cooperation of April 21, 2009 and a protocol to the memorandum on understanding on coal cooperation; and an agreement on cooperation in the fight against terrorism, separatism and extremism.
In the energy sector the parties signed several documents: a memorandum on understanding between the Russian Energy Ministry and China’ s National Development and Reform Commission in the field of energy efficiency and use of renewable energy sources; a memorandum on understanding between the Russian Energy Ministry and China’s State Energy Grid on cooperation in the development of power supply; and a roadmap on cooperation in the coal-mining industry.
Among key agreements are a document between Russia’s State Atomic Corporation, Rosatom, and China’s Nuclear Energy Industry Corporation on strategic cooperation in the field of use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.