“We are in favor of a further increase in coal supplies, in connection with which new long-term contracts will be worked out, as well as the joint development of coal deposits in Russia, in particular the Zashulan coal deposit in Transbaikalia," he said at the 18th meeting of the Russian-Chinese intergovernmental commissions for energy cooperation.

In September, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller noted that gas supplies to China are growing.

In total, since the start of supplies under a 30-year contract, they have already amounted to more than 10 billion cubic meters of gas.