MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia and China’s overseas ministers on Sunday mentioned their relations with the US and the prospects for ending the conflict in Ukraine, Russia’s overseas ministry mentioned in an announcement.
President Vladimir Putin’s overseas minister, Sergei Lavrov, met Chinese language Overseas Minister Wang Yi, in Beijing on Sunday. Lavrov is because of attend a gathering of the Shanghai Cooperation Group’s (SCO) overseas ministers in China.
“The events additionally mentioned relations with the US and prospects for resolving the Ukrainian disaster,” the overseas ministry mentioned.
“The significance of strengthening shut coordination between the 2 international locations within the worldwide enviornment, together with within the United Nations and its Safety Council, the SCO, BRICS, the G20 and APEC, was emphasised,” the ministry mentioned.
China and Russia declared a “no limits” partnership in February 2022 when Putin visited Beijing, days earlier than he despatched tens of hundreds of troops into Ukraine. Putin has typically described China as an “ally”.
The U.S. casts China as its greatest competitor and Russia as its greatest nation-state risk.
(Reporting by Reuters; modifying by Man Faulconbridge)
