“China and Russia pursue independent foreign policies. Our cooperation is not directed against anyone and is not influenced by other countries,” Wang said.
The Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wang Yi, stated this Monday, in a meeting with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, that Sino-Russian relations play “a special responsibility” in global stability and are not directed against third countries.
China and Russia, as great world powers, have a special responsibility in maintaining global strategic stability and world progress,” Wang said, quoted by the Efe agency, at the beginning of his meeting in Moscow with Lavrov, while highlighting the positive dynamics of bilateral negotiations. relationships, which develop “in all areas.”
“China and Russia pursue independent foreign policies. Our cooperation is not directed against anyone and is not influenced by other countries.”said Wang, who welcomed the constant contacts between the two countries in times of “international and regional upheaval.”
Lavrov, for his part, agreed that the world is now going through “tectonic changes” and recalled that during their meeting last March in Moscow, the leaders of both countries, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, marked “the direction of the future deepening of the conflict.” strategic partnership” between Moscow and Beijing.
I want to highlight the importance of Russian-Chinese cooperation to ensure justice in world affairs and the balance of interests in the processes carried out in different areas,” said the head of Russian diplomacy.
Likewise, he trusted that the current level of interaction between both powers will be maintained at the bilateral level and in the scope of their participation in different forums.
The spokesperson for Russian diplomacy, Maria Zakharova, announced the Chinese minister’s trip last week and stated that the two leaders “a detailed exchange of views on the issue of the conflict in Ukraine, as well as stability and security in the Asia-Pacific region“.
Wang’s arrival in Moscow follows his meeting with US national security adviser Jake Sullivan in Malta, which the White House described as “candid and constructive.”
According to the White House, Sullivan stressed to Wang “The importance of maintaining stability in the Taiwan Strait.“, and both committed to holding “high-level meetings” between the United States and China in the coming months.
Source: Observadora
