China-Mongolia-Russia Power of Siberia 2 Could Reroute Energy Trade
- Lady Bolor
- Sep 5
- 1 min read
China recently hosted the 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in Tianjin, gathering heads-of-state and high-level representatives. Mongolian President Khurelsukh Ukhnaa participated in the summit, representing Mongolia as an observer state — a status that no longer exists as the SCO reformatted how it labels partners after the recent summit. On the sidelines of the SCO, China, Mongolia, and Russia signed a legally binding MOU on the trilateral construction of the Power of Siberia 2, a planned gas pipeline from Soyuz Vostok, which has potential to alter energy trade.
The Siberia Power II mega-project has been an ongoing conversation between the three parties since 2020. Siberia 2 is also part of a much larger energy construction led by Russia’s pivot to Asia. “Russia regards the loss of the European market as irreversible” and is actively seeking new markets.
According to the Global Energy Monitor’s Global Gas Infrastructure Tracker, Russia has 115,340 currently operating gas pipelines and China has 139,358. Other regional actors such as Mongolia, only have 358, and Japan 4,695, while South Korea and North Korea has zero gas pipelines. Hence, from regional point of view, when completed Siberia 2 can be one of the biggest energy re-routing in Northeast Asia.
Previous writings on Siberia 2 can be found here: https://thediplomat.com/2020/07/mongolia-securing-an-energy-alliance-with-russia-and-china/
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