Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (left) meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Sochi, Russia, on May 13, 2019. (BAI XUEQI / XINHUA)

BEIJING - China is willing to promote bilateral comprehensive strategic coordination with Russia to a higher level, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday.

In a phone conversation with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, Wang congratulated the Russian side on successfully hosting the meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the BRICS summit via video link which have achieved fruitful results.

The China-Russia relations have withstood the test of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wang said, adding that mutual trust between the two countries has deepened continuously and bilateral trade has rebounded

Caught between the most serious pandemic in the past century and momentous changes never seen in the last 100 years, the global political and economic situation and international order are facing a strong impact, Wang said, noting that for this reason, China and Russia have attached more importance to strengthening strategic cooperation than ever before and played a mainstay role amid international changes.

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The two countries have insisted on running their own affairs well, and successfully completed their respective domestic political agendas, he said, adding that China and Russia have jointly defended multilateralism and international fairness and justice, keeping the bottom line of the basic norms of international law and relations.

The two countries have also actively participated in international anti-pandemic cooperation and promoted political settlement of various regional hot issues, and played a role of the global stabilizer, Wang said, noting that China-Russia strategic coordination has continuously achieved new results.

For his part, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said despite the pandemic, Russia-China relations have continued to move forward rapidly, which reflects the high level of bilateral ties

The China-Russia relations have withstood the test of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wang said, adding that mutual trust between the two countries has deepened continuously and bilateral trade has rebounded.

Noting that the China-Russia Year of Scientific and Technological Innovation has been launched successfully, Wang said that the people-to-people relations between China and Russia have been strengthened continuously and bilateral ties are facing new development opportunities.

For his part, Lavrov said despite the pandemic, Russia-China relations have continued to move forward rapidly, which reflects the high level of bilateral ties.

Russia congratulates China on its great achievements in fighting the pandemic, and is willing to maintain high-level exchanges with China, ensure the success of the Russia-China Year of Scientific and Technological Innovation, and promote the practical cooperation between the two countries in various fields to continuously achieve new results, he said.

Noting that Russia supports the Eurasian Economic Union and the Belt and Road Initiative, Lavrov said that Russia is ready to coordinate closely with China under the mechanisms of the United Nations, the UN Security Council, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the BRICS, jointly safeguard the stability of the international and regional situation, support countries in the region in their fight against extremism and support the ASEAN-centered East Asian regional cooperation framework.

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The two sides also exchanged in-depth views on international and regional issues of common concern.