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Russia is for geopolitical rapprochement with China - Presidential plenipotentiary

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KHABAROVSK, July 16 (RIA Novosti, Oleg Kulgin) - The geopolitical aim of the Russian politics is the rapprochement with China that will strengthen Russia's positions in the world, a Presidential plenipotentiary said Saturday.

"Russia is not very popular in the European Union and its level of participation or influence on European problems is being lowered. Therefore, it is important that we have a friendly country in the East such as China," Konstantin Pulikovsky, the Russian President's plenipotentiary in the Far Eastern region, said.

However, Pulikovsky said there are still some obstacles for the rapprochement. "The obstacles appeared in the 1990s due to the economic situation in Russia," he said. "We simply had to survive at that time and we did not even have products of mass consumption. That is why the authorities permitted the outflow of resources and currencies, as well as the so-called "suitcase trade" at unfavorable for Russia conditions," he said

Pulikovsky called on state and municipal authorities to create favorable conditions for the development of a competitive market instead of simply prohibiting access for Chinese businessmen on the Russian market. "We need to make a consumer buy our products and not just close the border trade, which must be definitely put in order in accordance with the legislature," he added.

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