Lavrov's visit to China: Beijing declared a desire to strengthen cooperation with Russia

According to the head of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, both countries plan to stand on the side of "honesty and justice" the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China Van Ї on April 9 reported the intention of Beijing "to strengthen strategic cooperation" with Moscow, as well as that both countries should uphold "honesty and justice" . Radio Liberty informs about it.

The relevant statement of the diplomat was made at a meeting with the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergey Lavrov, who began his two -day visit to China on April 8. It is known that Moscow and Beijing seek to intensify relations while the war begins in Ukraine. After the negotiations with the Foreign Minister of China, he said that the Kremlin's head Vladimir Putin spoke for strengthening Eurasian security.

In addition, China and Russia managed to negotiate "the beginning of a dialogue with the involvement of our other like -minded people on this issue. " "For a long time, there has been an Euro -Atlantic security structure in the form of NATO, of course, as well as the OSCE, but it crosses itself from the list of relevant structures, within which it is possible to conduct meaningful negotiations and negotiate something on the basis of the balance of interests," - says Lavrov.

It is known that Russia and China have increased their contacts in recent years, and the strategic partnership of the two countries with the beginning of the Russian full -scale invasion of Ukraine has only strengthened. Because of this, the United States, along with the Allies, imposed sanctions against both countries, including Moscow for the war in Ukraine.