Igor Sechin, Executive Secretary of the Presidential Commission on Energy Sector Development Strategy and Chief Executive Officer of Rosneft PJSC, concluded his address at the opening of the VIII Russia-China Energy Business Forum by expressing confidence in the success of bilateral Russo-Chinese cooperation.

Igor Sechin noted that in day-to-day work, particular attention will need to be paid to risk management, as risks will grow amid ever-new unilateral reckless undertakings and unjustified political schemes. Such threats include tariff wars, US dollar volatility, increase of government debt in Western countries, destruction of the international law system.

"Only by working together can we achieve the results and reach our goals in the face of threats. All the more valuable is our trusting and mutually supplementing partnership. They say in China ‘A single string cannot make music, and a single tree does not make a forest’," said Igor Sechin.

"The conditions for the further development of our strategic partnership have already been created, so they need maintaining and strengthening. In this race, we must win. Its outcome will determine the fate of our peoples. As they say in China, ‘The east wind prevails over the west wind'," Igor Sechin concluded, congratulating the participants on the opening of the VIII Russia-China Energy Business Forum and wishing everyone productive work.

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September 4, 2026