Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister, met with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov while attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Kyrgyzstan on the 24th. Wang Yi said that in May of this year, President Xi Jinping and President Putin held an important meeting in Beijing to push Sino-Russian relations into a new stage of more active and faster development. China wishes Russia the new State Duma elections well in September and firmly supports the choices made independently by the Russian people. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Good-Neighbourly Friendship and Cooperation between China and Russia and the establishment of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Under the guidance of the Treaty, China and Russia have set a model for a new type of relationship between countries and great power relationships. The SCO has now become a stabilizing force in the world, and its international reputation continues to rise. Both sides should jointly support the development and growth of the SCO, promote the “Shanghai Spirit”, and inject vitality into improving global governance and building a common destiny of mankind.

Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister, met with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov while attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Kyrgyzstan on the 24th. Wang Yi said that in May of this year, President Xi Jinping and President Putin held an important meeting in Beijing to push Sino-Russian relations into a new stage of more active and faster development. China wishes Russia the new State Duma elections well in September and firmly supports the choices made independently by the Russian people. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Good-Neighbourly Friendship and Cooperation between China and Russia and the establishment of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Under the guidance of the Treaty, China and Russia have set a model for a new type of relationship between countries and great power relationships. The SCO has now become a stabilizing force in the world, and its international reputation continues to rise. Both sides should jointly support the development and growth of the SCO, promote the “Shanghai Spirit”, and inject vitality into improving global governance and building a common destiny of mankind.