BEIJING, April 14. /TASS/. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will make an official visit to China on April 14-15 to hold talks with the country’s top diplomat Wang Yi.
The two foreign ministers maintain regular contact. They held a telephone call on April 5, discussing the situation in the Persian Gulf and international efforts to end confrontation in the region. They also talked over the phone on March 1, expressing readiness to work together to contribute to stabilizing the situation in the Middle East. Lavrov and Wang last held in-person talks in Moscow on December 2, 2025.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said that the top Russian and Chinese diplomats would discuss a wide range of issues related to bilateral cooperation, as well as to the prospects for communication at various levels and interaction on the international stage.
Russia and China describe the current relations between the two countries as "relations of comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation, entering a new era." "Our diplomacy mindfully promotes honest, equal and mutually beneficial partnership with all those who are ready to cooperate with us on the same principles. Our relations of partnership and friendship with China, our great eastern neighbor, are an example of such cooperation," Lavrov said in an address to the Russian State Duma (parliament's lower chamber) in February.
