FM Lavrov : Opening Remarks & answers to media questions – China Visit

Opening remarks (https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/2094722/) by Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during talks with President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping:

📍 April 15, 2026, Beijing

💬 Sergey Lavrov: Mr President, I would like to express my sincere gratitude for your warm words addressed to us and for this meeting.

It underscores your personal attention to the development of mutually beneficial strategic relations with Russia, as well as to the agenda that will be discussed at the next summit during the upcoming visit of President Vladimir Putin to China.

Yesterday, my colleague and friend Wang Yi and I held very detailed discussions (https://t.me/MFARussia/29238) on preparations for this major upcoming visit.

Thanks to the diplomacy of the two Leaders – yourself and Vladimir Putin (https://t.me/MFARussia/26261) – our relations continue to demonstrate a high degree of resilience amid the upheavals that have engulfed the modern world both economically and geopolitically. Regrettably, these contradictions are increasingly taking on a military dimension.

Against this backdrop, Russia-China relations, which serve as a stabilizing factor in international affairs, are becoming ever more significant for the rest of the world, for the Global Majority, which seeks not problems or turbulence, but calm conditions for sustainable long-term development.

It is in this context that we held detailed discussions and will brief you today on the outcome of our exchange.

Bilateral relations are on the rise in trade, investment, humanitarian affairs, culture and across all other areas. We also discussed regional and international issues, both from the standpoint of future Russia-China coordination on the bilateral track and in terms of our joint work at the #UN, the UN Security Council, the #SCO, #BRICS, the #G20 and #APEC.

As we agreed yesterday, (https://t.me/MFARussia/29240) we now have robust roadmaps for further progress across all tracks identified by you and President Vladimir Putin for the period ahead.

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