The opening of China’s consulates-general in Vladivostok and Kazan will facilitate the expansion of trade, economic and humanitarian contacts, invigoration of practical cooperation between businesses and protection of the interests of Russian economic operators.
Reference
The relevant directives were submitted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In April 1993, the foreign ministries of Russia and China reached an agreement on establishing in Harbin an affiliate of the Russian Consulate-General in Shenyang, and on establishing in Vladivostok an affiliate of the Consulate-General of the People’s Republic of China in Khabarovsk.
A Chinese consular office has operated in Vladivostok since 2005. China has approached Russia with a request to upgrade the status of its consular office in Vladivostok to a Consulate-General in the context of the active development of bilateral trade and economic ties, especially in the border regions.
Directive No. 1629-r seals a decision to upgrade the status of the Chinese consular office in Vladivostok to the level of Consulate-General, and to reserve, on the principle of reciprocity, the right to open a Russian Consulate-General in Harbin at Moscow’s convenience under an agreement reached through the exchange of notes.
The Volga-Yangtze mechanism of Russian-Chinese regional cooperation has been operating since 2013. It includes 14 regions of Russia’s Volga Federal District and six regions of the upper and middle reaches of the Yangtze River on China’s side (the Anhui, Szechuan, Hubei, Hunan and Jiangxi provinces and the municipality of Chungking).
The invigoration of ties between regional authorities and individual businesses has revealed the need for prompt resolution of practical issues of bilateral cooperation. In this context China has reached out to Russia with a request to open a Consulate-General in Kazan. The heads of Chinese provinces have also repeatedly asked the Russian authorities to open Russian consular offices in their provinces.
Directive No. 1630-r seals a decision to open China’s Consulate-General in Kazan and to reserve, by the principle of reciprocity, the right to open a Russian Consulate-General in Wuhan at Moscow’s convenience under an agreement reached through the exchange of notes.
The agreements conform to the provisions of the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union of 29 May 2014 and the provisions of other international treaties of the Russian Federation.
The decisions adopted will facilitate the
expansion of trade, economic and humanitarian contacts, invigoration of
practical cooperation between businesses and protection of the interests of
Russian economic operators.