Ambassador says arrival of new US administration will not affect Russia-China relations

BEIJING, February 8. /TASS/. The arrival of the Trump administration will not impact relations between Russia and China, Russian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to China, Andrei Denisov, told Russian reporters on Wednesday. "There is much talk about now about the outcomes of the election in the US and the arrival of the new Republican administration. The transition period is still underway from campaign slogans to practical politics, the implementation of all kinds of promises generously made by the Republican candidate at this stage of preparations for the election," the diplomat noted. "Both our Chinese partners and we take this into account in our policy one way or another," he went on to say. "However, let me say once again that relations between Russia and China in this case are unlikely to be affected. They are something constant for both China and us." "I do not see any indication that something may change here. Besides, it would be strange for Russia, if our country with its role in global affairs was seen as a certain variable factor that can be shifted in one direction or another," the ambassador emphasized. Read more