China

China’s Defense Minister Li Shanfu met with Russian Navy Commander Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov in Beijing and said that China hopes to “strengthen ties at all levels” with the Russian Navy.

Beijing is interested in the continuation of the Grain Agreement, since China is the largest importer of grain from Ukraine.

China has not started buying more Russian grain, despite the fact that this season the country may become the largest buyer of basic food products, and Russia – the largest exporter.

China’s Qingdao port has stepped up inspections of old tankers. Because of this, two vessels, but one of which has Russian oil, have not been able to enter the port for a month.

China will use the Russian port of Vladivostok as a transit port for domestic trade.

China considers it necessary to continue the “grain initiative”, within the framework of which Ukraine exports grain by ship from the ports of Great Odesa.

China plans to conduct naval exercises jointly with russia and the Republic of South Africa.

The Taliban-led government of Afghanistan will sign a contract with a Chinese company to produce oil in the Amu Darya basin in the north of the country.

Ukraine and China discussed the deepening of trade and economic relations in the agricultural sphere and the possibility of expanding the range of Ukrainian exports.

Ukraine is concerned about delays in processing documents for the export of agricultural products to China.