BEIJING-Following the seventh regular meeting between Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji and his Russian counterpart Michael Kasyanov in Beijing, it was decided “to create favorable conditions for information and telecom cooperation between the two countries and provide support for Russian mobile telecom operators to enter the Chinese telecom service market.”
Other aspects of increased cooperation, as reported on the People’s Daily Web site on 22 August, were also outlined in a joint communique published at the end of Kasyanov’s visit.
It was not immediately clear why China would prefer cooperation with Russian mobile operators or whether any preferential treatment would violate World Trade Organization (WTO) commitments.
