Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin congratulated Li Qiang on taking the post of Prime Minister of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China. This has been reported area Russian government.
Mishustin noted that at the moment, relations between Russia and China are at an unprecedented high level in all of their centuries-old history. The chairman of the Council of Ministers said that trade and economic cooperation between states has expanded, major Russian-Chinese projects in the field of energy, industry and high technologies have been implemented, humanitarian contacts and interregional ties have been strengthened.
The Russian prime minister added that he is ready to meet with Li Qian at the 28th regular meeting of heads of government in 2023.
Li Qiang’s nomination for prime minister of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China put forward Chinese President Xi Jinping voted on March 11 at the fourth plenary session of the first session of the 14th NPC.