Russia, China sign a package of joint documents

BEIJING, September 3. /TASS/. Russia and China have signed a package of documents after the negotiations between the leaders of both countries on Thursday. The signing ceremony was held in the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. Specifically, both sides signed an agreement on the construction and operation of a ropeway across the Amur River between Blagoveshchensk in the Russian Far East and China’s Heihe, an agreement on the guidelines for the work of the Russian-Chinese Committee of Friendship, Peace and Development, and also an agreement on the mutual allocation of land sites for the accommodation of the general consulate of Russia in Shanghai and China’s general consulate in St. Petersburg. Both sides also signed the Memorandum between Vnesheconombank, the Russian Export Center, the people’s government of the Guangdong province and Sinotrans Guangdong. Besides, an agreement was signed between the Russian Direct Investment Fund, Vnesheconombank and the Chinese Silk Road Fund on cooperation in investment in the priority sectors of Russia’s and China’s economies. An agreement was also signed between the Russian Railways company and China Yingkou Port Group on cooperation for the practical implementation of the intentions to link the initiatives of the Eurasian Economic Union and the Silk Road Economic Belt projects. Overall, ten documents were signed in the presence of the leaders of the two countries while 15 documents were signed on the sidelines of the Russian president’s visit and two more agreements in the form of an exchange of notes. Read more