China ‘More Determined’ to Boost Ties With Russia, Top CCP Official Says Amid Ukraine War

China ‘More Determined’ to Boost Ties With Russia, Top CCP Official Says Amid Ukraine War
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L) moves to shake hands with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi before a meeting of foreign ministers and officials of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) at the Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing on April 24, 2018. Madoka Ikegami-Pool/Getty Images
Eva Fu
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Beijing and Moscow are “more determined” to boost bilateral ties and expand cooperation, said China’s foreign minister Wang Yi following a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov held in eastern China.

In what marked their first in-person meeting since Russia invaded Ukraine, Wang told Lavrov that the Moscow–Beijing relationship has “withstood new trials of international turbulence” and kept on the right direction.

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