BEIJING: Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan said Sunday that Sino-Russian energy cooperation has entered a new stage of long-term and strategic cooperation.

Wang made the remarks while co-hosting the fifth round of Sino-Russian energy negotiators' meeting with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin in Beijing.

Wang said the two countries should continue their energy cooperation in such areas as oil, natural gas, nuclear power and electricity, and seek solution to the existing problems so as to lift the energy cooperation to a new level.

"China and Russia have witnessed a series of important fruitful achievements in energy cooperation this year," said Wang.