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Russia considers Asian countries as its major partners in the current geopolitical situation. For instance, China plays a key role in Russian-Asian collaboration. Russia and China signed about 17 agreements during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Beijing on 10-11 November 2014. Some of them include:
• Framework agreement between Gazprom and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) on gas delivery from Russia to China using the Western Altai route;
• Framework agreement between Rosneft and China National Oil & Gas Exploration and Development Corporation (CNPC subsidiary) on the purchase of an 10% share stake of Vankorneft;
• Agreement between Russian state bank Vnesheconombank (VEB)’s subsidiary VEB Asia and China Finance Strategies Investment Holdings Limited (CFS) on setting up a USD 1 billion fund;
• Accord between Russia’s Sberbank and Export-Import Bank of China regarding credit lines and purchasing loans;
• Agreement between Russia’s power generation company TGK-2 and Huadian Corporation on energy investment projects in Russia’s northern Arkhangelsk Region;
• Agreement on the construction of a second line of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant and building more than 20 nuclear units in India;
• Provision between Russia’s Rosatom and the Indian Department of Atomic Energy on non-disclosure of technical data and confidential information within the framework of cooperation on peaceful uses of nuclear energy;
• Deal between Russia’s Rosneft and India’s Essar for supply of 10 million tonnes of oil a year;
• Memorandum of understanding between the Quality Council of India and Federal Accreditation Service of the Russian Federation on technical cooperation on accreditation;
• Protocol for consultations between the Indian Ministry of External Affairs and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia for the period 2015-2016;
• Agreement for Training of Indian Armed Forces Personnel in the Military Educational Establishments of the Defence Ministry of the Russian Federation;
• Memorandum of understanding between news agencies PTI and TASS;
Argentina and Russia have signed documents on cooperation during the official visit of Russia’s President Putin to several Latin American countries:
• Intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in using of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes;
• Intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the field of mass communications;
• Interstate treaty on mutual legal assistance on criminal cases, an interstate treaty on transfer of persons sentenced to imprisonment and an extradition treaty.