MOSCOW – Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang will meet Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Tuesday as Moscow, struggling with its deepest isolation since the end of the Cold War, seeks to deepen a key relationship.The two nations on Monday pledged to increase efforts to promote a just world order as Li and his counterpart Dmitry Medvedev signed dozens of deals ranging from energy to finance.They included an agreement to open a yuan-ruble swap line worth 150 billion yuan (S$31 billion) in an apparent bid to reduce dependence on the US dollar.Li’s first visit to Russia as prime minister comes at …read more
Source: AsiaOne
