Chinese and Russian Foreign Ministers Acknowledge Growing Cooperation and Reject Western Confrontation

The Chinese and Russian foreign ministers welcomed the “practical cooperation” between their two countries in a telephone conversation on Monday, Beijing said.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his counterpart Sergei Lavrov that Beijing and Moscow “should maintain close strategic cooperation, promote the multipolarization of the world and the democratization of international relations,” said a statement from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. foreign.

The new foreign minister praised recent progress in “practical cooperation” between the two countries during a discussion that also focused on the ongoing fighting in Ukraine, according to Beijing.

Referring to the conflict, Wang said his country will continue to “maintain an independent and just stance,” encouraging the two sides to start peace talks. Beijing and Moscow have enjoyed increasingly close bilateral ties in recent years as the two countries’ ties to the West have slackened.

For its part, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs assured in a press release that the ministers had rejected “the confrontational policy of the Western bloc with regard to Russia and China”. “The contact (…) has once again confirmed the unity or general harmony of Moscow’s and Beijing’s approaches to world affairs”, adds the text.

The Chinese and Russian foreign ministers welcomed Monday, during a telephone conversation, the “practical cooperation” between their two countries, Beijing said.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his counterpart Sergei Lavrov that Beijing and Moscow “should maintain cooperation…