Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Russia.
In the statement made by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the meeting, “Ministers evaluated the current situation of Russian-Chinese relations, which continue to develop dynamically in an unstable and tense foreign policy environment. The parties discussed the current situation in Ukraine in detail, pointing out the futility of attempts to resolve the crisis without taking into account Russia’s interests and, moreover, without Russia’s participation. “Sergey Lavrov talked about the main results of the official visit of North Korean Head of State Affairs Kim Jong-un to Russia,” it said.