Overview

• Foreign Ministers Sergey Lavrov and Wang Yi met in Beijing on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit.
• China’s foreign ministry described its ties with Russia as the most stable and strategically valuable relationship among major powers.
• They agreed to deepen comprehensive cooperation to jointly address a turbulent and changing global environment.
• Discussions examined relations with the United States and explored pathways to a solution of the Ukraine conflict under UN Charter principles.
• The ministers also reviewed security hotspots including the Israel-Iran conflict and the situation on the Korean Peninsula.