Russia & China have ‘far-reaching plans’ to further cement bilateral ties: Lavrov

TIL Desk/World/Moscow/ Amidst growing pressure on China to refrain from sending weapons to support Russia in its war against Ukraine, Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday held the first in-person meeting with his new Chinese counterpart and said the two countries have “far-reaching plans” for developing bilateral cooperation.

Lavrov and Qin Gang discussed the situation around Ukraine, including the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s stance on the political settlement of the Ukrainian crisis, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement following the meeting held on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in New Delhi.

“Sergey Lavrov and Qin Gang have also discussed the current situation around Ukraine, including the stance of the Chinese Foreign Ministry on the political settlement of the Ukrainian crisis, and considered a number of topical international issues,” Russia’s official news agency quoted the statement as saying.