Wang Yi Visits Moscow, Meets Sergei Lavrov

Top diplomat Wang Yi on Wednesday told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that he expects new agreements to be struck during his visit to Moscow.

Wang said he would work to "strengthen and deepen" relations between Beijing and Moscow, but provided no specific details on what agreements could be reached.

Earlier, the Foreign Ministry said Wang met with leaders of the China-Russia Strategic Security Consultation Mechanism and Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of Russia's Security Council.

Both sides discussed ways to improve global governance, according to the ministry's statement.

The two sides exchanged views on the Ukraine situation, the statement said, without elaborating. It added they expressed willingness to jointly practise what they called "true multilateralism” and “oppose all forms of unilateral bullying, and promote the democratisation of international relations and the multi-polarisation of the world".

Both parties added they believe that peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific should be firmly maintained and that the introduction of Cold War mentality, bloc confrontation and ideological conflict should be opposed.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov had earlier said he does not rule out a meeting between Wang and Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying "there is lots to talk about". (Reuters/Xinhua)

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