Press release on Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to the Russian Federation

[Ed Note:  To date, there are no individual readouts.   Directly after his talks with FM Wang Yi, FM Lavrov entered bilateral talks with the FM of Vietnam, Bui Thanh Son.  Although this is a side note, a very interesting agreement was made:  Russia and Vietnam have agreed to enhance media cooperation to ensure that our citizens receive truthful information and to counter the spread of fake news distributed by some of our Western colleagues — Lavrov.  Vietnam is stepping up to the plate, and more and more Vietnamese are commenting in the public sphere as those of us who follow the de-skinning and historical correction of a certain Scott Ritter by Sony Thang, with the Vietnamese nation hanging onto Sony’s every word and growing proud and strong, with every word.  Resistance is building]

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On March 31-April 1, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi paid an official visit to Moscow, during which he was hosted by President Vladimir Putin and held substantive talks with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

The Russian leader welcomed Wang Yi’s visit to Russia, praised the state of Russia-China relations, which continue to make dynamic strides amid intense turbulence, and expressed readiness to continue enhancing comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation with China.

Sergey Lavrov and Wang Yi had an in-depth exchange of views on the schedule of bilateral contacts at the highest and high levels, as well as on certain issues of practical and humanitarian cooperation.

Both foreign ministers emphasised the importance of building up coordination on international issues within the UN, the SCO, BRICS, the G20, APEC and other multilateral facilities and forums. The ministers also discussed new security risks in the Asia-Pacific region and touched upon a number of regional issues related to the situation on the Korean Peninsula, Iran’s nuclear programme, and the situation in Central Asia. They also discussed prospects for building a new security entity in Eurasia amid stagnating Euro-Atlantic mechanisms.

The sides exchanged views on the prospects for settling the Ukraine crisis and underscored the importance of eliminating the underlying causes of the conflict as a basis for achieving durable peace agreements.

The talks were held in a friendly and open atmosphere which is typical of Russian-Chinese relations.

The ministers emphasised overlapping or close positions on the main bilateral issues and global agenda items, which fully meets the high spirit of Russia-China strategic partnership.