Oct 16 (Reuters) - Russia and China energy partnership

is comprehensive and has acquired a strategic character, Russian

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on Wednesday at a meeting

with Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Islamabad.

"The partnership in the energy sector has acquired a

comprehensive, strategic nature - it covers oil, gas, coal and

nuclear industries," Russian RIA state news agency cited

Mishustin as saying.

The heads of governments were meeting in Islamabad ahead of

the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation gathering this week.