BEIJING, (Xinhua): China’s top diplomat Wang Yi met with Sergei Shoigu, secretary of the Russian Federation Security Council, in Beijing on Sunday.
Wang, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs, welcomed Shoigu’s visit to China for a strategic dialogue as designated by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Wang noted that the world is increasingly undergoing both changes and turbulence, with the post-war international order and norms governing international relations severely impacted, and the world faces a real risk of regressing to the law of the jungle.
As major countries and permanent members of the United Nations (UN) Security Council, China and Russia have the responsibility and obligation to practice true multilateralism, safeguard the international system with the UN at its core, advocate an equal and orderly multipolar world and a universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization, and work to build a more just and reasonable global governance system, Wang said.
Noting that China and Russia are each other’s largest neighbors and comprehensive strategic partners of coordination for a new era, Wang said the two countries should maintain close communication on major issues concerning bilateral relations, step up mutual support on matters involving each other’s core interests, and safeguard their respective and common interests.
Wang said China stands ready to work with Russia to fully implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, enhance strategic communication, deepen strategic coordination, and open up new prospects for China-Russia relations in the new year.
Shoigu said that this year marks the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Russia-China Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation, and that Russia-China relations are underpinned by mutual respect, mutual trust, equality and mutual benefit.
He noted that since the start of the year, the world has witnessed complex and volatile developments with frequent flare-ups of security and hotspot issues. Russia has always upheld the one-China principle, closely followed the moves of hostile forces to undermine cross-Strait stability, and firmly opposed Japan’s attempts to accelerate re-militarization, Shoigu said.
The Russian side stands ready to continue to firmly support each other with China, enhance bilateral cooperation, and strengthen coordination within multilateral mechanisms such as the UN, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and BRICS, he said.
He called on both sides to jointly maintain the high-level development momentum of Russia-China relations, work to build a more just and reasonable multipolar world, and form an indivisible security architecture on the Eurasian continent.
The two sides also conducted in-depth strategic communication on various international and regional issues of mutual concern.
