Amidst growing pressure on China to refrain from sending weapons to support Russia in its war against Ukraine, Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday held the first in-person meeting with his new Chinese counterpart and said the two countries have “far-reaching plans” for developing bilateral cooperation.
Lavrov and Qin Gang discussed the situation around Ukraine, including the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s stance on the political settlement of the Ukrainian crisis, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement following the meeting held on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in New Delhi.
“Sergey Lavrov and Qin Gang have also discussed the current situation around Ukraine, including the stance of the Chinese Foreign Ministry on the political settlement of the Ukrainian crisis, and considered a number of topical international issues,” Russia’s official Tass news agency quoted the statement as saying.
“We have very far-reaching plans for bilateral cooperation, and, certainly, a busy foreign policy agenda, taking into account the role Russia and China have been playing as a stabilizing factor in the system of international relations,” Lavrov added.
The G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting is being held in India on March 1-2. The Russian delegation is led by Lavrov.
(With inputs from agencies)
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