Russian Energy Minister Heads to China for Business Forum, Key Talks

Russian Energy Minister Sergey Tsivilyov is set to depart for Beijing today on a working visit to participate in a business forum and hold bilateral talks with Wang Hongzhi, head of China’s National Energy Administration.

"I will fly to China, to Beijing today. We will have the Russia-China business forum tomorrow. I will directly participate in it and meet my counterpart - the head of the National Energy Administration of China," the minister said, The Caspian Post reports, citing TASS.

Tsivilyov also said that he is going to visit several Chinese fuel and energy companies.

"Major Chinese companies of the fuel and energy sector maintain active communications with our companies, with the ministry of energy. The number of proposal was received to visit these companies, to look at how they work, what achievements they have, and I will definitely take advantage of that," the minister added.