China supports Russian initiative to set up Eurasian partnership - diplomat
BEIJING. Aug 3 (Interfax) - China has backed Russia's initiative to create a major Eurasian partnership and is working on measures to implement it, Gui Congyou, Director of the Chinese Foreign Ministry's Department of European-Central Asian Affairs, told reporters.
"Russia has come up with an initiative to create a major Eurasian partnership which would be able to bring together members of the EEU [Eurasian Economic Union], SCO [Shanghai Cooperation Organization] and ASEAN [Association of Southeast Asian Nations]. China sees this initiative as a positive and constructive idea and welcomes it," the Chinese Foreign Ministry official said.
"Currently China's Foreign Ministry and economic authorities are in close contact over preparation of concrete measures to implement agreements reached between our countries' leaders to create a major Eurasian partnership," and both China and Russia will be jointly advancing this initiative to make it reality, Gui said.
