Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s meeting with Director of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee Foreign Affairs Commission Office Wang Yi

On July 13, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with Director of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee Foreign Affairs Commission Office Wang Yi on the sidelines of the ASEAN ministerial events in Jakarta.

The two diplomats praised the development of the political dialogue and practical interaction between Russia and China against the backdrop of increasing global turbulence. They paid special attention to the implementation of agreements reached following bilateral contacts at the highest political level since the beginning of the year. The parties confirmed the importance of maintaining cooperation to deepen the two countries’ foreign political interaction.

Sergey Lavrov and Wang Yi discussed in detail cooperation within ASEAN in the context of certain countries’ increased efforts to create bloc-focused military-political formats designed to undermine the ASEAN-centric system of maintaining security and stability in the Asia-Pacific region.

The parties exchanged opinions on the current developments around the Ukrainian crisis and assessed the efforts of the global community to launch a peaceful negotiations process on Ukraine.

They also emphasised the importance of strengthening foreign political interaction between Moscow and Beijing at various international platforms, including the UN, the SCO, BRICS, APEC, the G20 and others. The sides expressed a shared commitment to boosting bilateral coordination regarding issues on the regional and global agenda in the interests of creating a more just and sustainable polycentric international order.

The conversation took place in a traditionally trust-based and productive atmosphere.