Russian and Chinese foreign ministers discuss Ukraine war and US ties

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the SCO meeting in Beijing, on July 13.

PHOTO: REUTERS

MOSCOW - Russia and China’s foreign ministers on July 13 discussed their relations with the United States and the prospects for ending the war in Ukraine, Russia’s foreign ministry said in a statement.

President Vladimir Putins foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, in Beijing on July 13. Mr Lavrov is due to attend a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisations (SCO) foreign ministers in China.

“The parties also discussed relations with the United States and prospects for resolving the Ukrainian crisis,” the foreign ministry said.

“The importance of strengthening close coordination between the two countries in the international arena, including in the United Nations and its Security Council, the SCO, Brics, the G-20 and Apec, was emphasised,” the ministry said.

China and Russia

declared a no limits partnership

The US casts China as its biggest competitor and Russia as its biggest nation-state threat. REUTERS