Article: RUSSIA-CHINA: FRIENDS IN BUSINESS, BUT ASIAN AXIS WAY OFF

Sergei Blagov
Inter Press Service English News Wire
03-05-1999
MOSCOW, Mar. 5 (IPS) -- Business ties between Russia and China
have given their relationship a fresh boost, raising hopes that
these can help ease the economic challenges both countries face and
make for deeper relations in the future.
Russian analysts are upbeat following a Feb. 24-27 visit here
by Chinese Prime Minister Zhu Rongji, whose pragmatic approach
could well reverse flagging trade between the two nations.
Zhu and his delegation signed 11 agreements with Russian
officials and held talks with President Boris Yeltsin and Prime
Minister Yevgeny Primakov.
Afterwards, analysts expressed hope in the revitalization of
economic ...

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