Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin has not confirmed or denied today that China has a plan to renew its strategic oil reserves through imports from Russia.
“I don’t know the information you gave. I can say in principle that China and Russia will continue to carry out economic-trade cooperation, based on the principles of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit, ”said the Chinese spokesperson. . in a regular newspaper. Press conference.
“I would also like to emphasize that unilateral sanctions do not help to solve problems, but harm the existing trading system and its principles,” the spokesperson added.
Yesterday, Thursday, the Bloomberg agency reported, citing sources, that Beijing is currently discussing in Moscow the issue of additional Russian oil supplies, which will be used to replenish China’s strategic reserves. The organization indicated that discussions about this are taking place at the level of the two governments, while the oil companies are participating in a simple way.
The source indicated that there is still no information on the possible quantity of supplies or terms of their supply.
Source: TASS
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