On September 25, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yi on the sidelines of the 73rd UN General Assembly session in New York.

The sides discussed topical issues on the bilateral and international agendas and noted the high level of Russian-Chinese cooperation at the UN Security Council and General Assembly. The ministers exchanged opinions on the situation in the Korean Peninsula in great detail and underscored the importance of further maintaining close bilateral coordination with a view to resolving global issues on the basis of their common commitment to the principles of international law.