GUILIN - Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday held talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, and the two sides reached strategic consensus.
The talks, held in the city of Guilin, south China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, were the 51st meeting between Wang and Lavrov.
"This shows the high level of China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination," Wang said.
No matter how the international situation changes, the comprehensive strategic coordination between China and Russia will only strengthen and expand, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said
No matter how the international situation changes, the comprehensive strategic coordination between the two countries will only strengthen and expand, the Chinese foreign minister said.
The two sides agreed that strategic guidance by the two heads of state constitutes the political strength of bilateral ties, and jointly fighting the pandemic has further deepened the traditional friendship between the people of both countries.
They also agreed that pragmatic cooperation has strongly boosted the two countries' economic and social development and contributed stability and positive energy to the world.
The two foreign ministers signed some bilateral cooperation deals as well as a joint statement on global governance after the talks, calling on the international community to put aside differences, build consensus, strengthen coordination and safeguard world peace and geo-strategic stability.
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He noted that more than 80 countries supported China's justified position on Xinjiang-related matters at the UN Human Rights Council, showing that the manipulation of a few Western forces can never represent the international community.
"Those retrogressive moves cannot stop China's way forward, nor turn the tide of historical development," Wang said, adding that the support of UN membrs showed that "justice will always prevail".
He said that some forces in the West have tried to discredit China in reccent days but they should know that times have changed for those who attempt to arbitrarily intervene in China's domestic affairs through lies.
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Wang added that the manipulation by minority forces in the West could by no means represent the international community.
With Xinhua inputs
