According to TASS, he said this during a video link with Premier of the PRC State Council Li Keqiang.

“Unfortunately, some foreign partners continue to take unfriendly actions against us, use methods of unfair competition, often violating the basic norms of the multilateral trading system,” he said.

According to him, illegal unilateral restrictions, as well as constant political and economic pressure are challenges that both Russia and China face.

“Our best answer is to join forces for joint development.

On the principles of equality, mutual trust and respect, ”added the Russian prime minister.

Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called the new US sanctions against Nord Stream 2 a blatant example of the use of unilateral restrictions by Western countries.