2010-12-03 06:50

MOSCOW- A handover certificate on China providing Russia with emergency humanitarian aid has been inked in Moscow between the two sides, the Chinese embassy in Russia announced on Thursday.

The document was signed by Chinese Ambassador to Russia Li Hui and Vladimir Puchkov, State Secretary and Deputy Minister of Russian Emergencies Situations Ministry on Wednesday.

On behalf of the Russian government, Puchkov thanked the Chinese government and people for providing aid and support to Russia on the abnormal summer wildfires.

Li spoke highly of the close cooperation between China and Russia in recent years on emergency rescue and humanitarian aid, and expressed hope that China could further strengthen cooperation and exchange views with Russia in this regard in the future.

The humanitarian aid delivered by the Chinese side on August 20 was worth three million US dollars, including fire extinguishers, compressors, fire-fighting suits and gas masks.

Statistics showed that the summer wildfires have cost Russia 15 billion dollars.