Relations between Russia and China play the role of a stabiliser in world affairs and are of increasing importance to the “global majority,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday.
“Russia-China relations play the role of a stabiliser in world affairs. They are becoming more and more important to the rest of the world, to the global majority, which wants not problems, not turbulence, but calm conditions for sustainable development,” Lavrov said at a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing.
According to Lavrov, thanks to the cooperation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Chinese leader, relations between the two countries “demonstrate high resilience to the shocks that have engulfed the modern world both economically and geopolitically, and, unfortunately, these contradictions are increasingly acquiring a military dimension.”
In addition, Lavrov briefed the Chinese president on his talks with Foreign Minister Wang Yi, specifically on preparations for Putin’s visit to China.
Xi, in turn, noted that relations between Russia and China are of particular value in a changing international environment.
During a press conference in Beijing, Lavrov also announced that that Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit China in the first half of 2026.
“In January of this year, President Putin and President Xi Jinping launched the 14th cross-year … of education. As part of developing the programme for President Putin’s visit to China in the first half of this year, we proposed that this area be included in the summit agenda,” Lavrov said.
