ISLAMABAD – China and Russia have vowed to enhance and implement theirstrategic partnership in talks at the UN headquarters in New York betweenChinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov.
“Under the current circumstances, China and Russia should continue tostrengthen strategic coordination, safeguard national sovereignty andsecurity, and oppose external interference,” Wang said during the Fridaymeeting on the sidelines of the 74th session of the United Nations GeneralAssembly, as cited by China’s state news agency, Xinhua.
The top Chinese diplomat further reiterated that Beijing and Moscow shouldwork together to implement key agreements reached by the two countries’heads of state, enrich the comprehensive strategic partnership ofcoordination in the new era, push for more results in various collaborativefields, and contribute more wisdom and solutions to world peace andstability.
Noting that this year marks the 70th anniversary of forging diplomatic tiesbetween China and Russia, he also underlined that the bilateral relationswere bringing about new opportunities as well as new challenges.
Wang then called for both allies to collaborate towards firmly upholdingthe objectives and principles of the UN Charter and strife forinternational fairness and justice in efforts to defend respectiveinterests of both nations, preserve world peace and stability, and fulfilltheir due responsibilities as permanent members of the UN Security Council.
For his part, Moscow’s top diplomat also agreed that the two countriesshould expand strategic coordination in global and regional affairs andcollaboratively help sustain international law as well as the aims andprinciples of the UN Charter.
According to the report, the two top diplomats further exchange views onkey international and regional developments, with Lavrov also expressinghis nation’s readiness to maintain close communication with Beijing incelebrating seven decades of Sino-Russian ties.
The development came amid increasing US hostilities towards both China andRussia, particularly in the fields of trade, military build-up andmaneuvering as well as foreign policy issues.
Earlier this month new US military chief Mark Esper warned European nationsto tackle what he referred to as growing security and economic threats fromChina and Russia, in the latest sign that Washington has shifted its mainfocus from military interventions in the Middle East to confronting Beijingand Moscow