VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Russia's largest

oil producer Rosneft has secured an additional deal on

supply of 2.5 million metric tons of oil per year to China via

Kazakhstan, Interfax news agency quoted Russian Energy Minister

Sergei Tsivilev as saying on Thursday.

Russia has deepened trade and political ties with China

following the rift with the West over the conflict in Ukraine.

China and India have become largest buyers of Russian oil in the

past several years.

Interfax reported in May, citing Russian Deputy Prime

Minister Alexander Novak, that China had proposed Russia to

boost oil transit via Kazakhstan by 2.5 million tons per year.

In 2024, the transit totalled 10.2 million tons, or

around 204,000 barrels per day.