MOSCOW, January 26, Vasily Bogdanov. Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin said, that relations between China and Russia in the field of sports will only strengthen. On Wednesday, Matytsin is meeting online with Gou Zhunwen, head of the State General Administration for Physical Culture and Sports of China. «As we can see, the Beijing Olympics is a great opportunity to discuss cooperation between our countries. Russia provided our colleagues with all the necessary assistance in preparing for the tournament. Our coaches in many sports went through a full-fledged Olympic cycle with Chinese athletes. As you know, two Chinese hockey clubs are based in Mytishchi near Moscow. Russian-Chinese cooperation in the field of sports has about 600 joint projects I am sure that relations between our countries will only get stronger Russia and China traditionally support each other, including as part of the fight against doping. We expect that we will continue joint monitoring in this area,» Matytsin told reporters.
