The above information was released after a meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on September 18.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said: “The parties discussed the situation in Ukraine in detail and noted the futility of efforts to resolve the crisis without taking into account the interests of Russia and, in particular, the participation of this country.”
In a statement on Telegram after the talks in Moscow, the Russian Foreign Ministry said it “noted the parties’ close views regarding US actions in the international arena, including those of an anti-Russian nature, anti-Russia and anti-China actions.” ” ,

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (second left) and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Moscow on September 18. Photo: Reuters
The Russian Foreign Ministry said Mr Wang and Mr Lavrov’s talks included preparation for Russia’s participation in the third Belt and Road Forum in Beijing (China) in October, but did not confirm whether President Vladimir Putin would attend. .
The last time President Putin visited China was in February 2022, to attend the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics, just weeks before Russia launched its offensive into Ukraine. Mr Putin attended the Belt and Road Forum in China in 2017 and 2019.
According to the news agency interfax As for Russia, Mr Wang will hold talks on “strategic security” with Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev on September 19, before attending trilateral talks with Mongolian officials.
Mr Wang visited Russia for four days (from September 18 to 21) to hold talks on security and foreign policy with Russian officials. After several hours of talks in Malta with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan last weekend, he came straight to Moscow (Russia).
The White House described the talks between Mr Jake Sullivan and Mr Wang Yi on September 17 as “candid” and “constructive”.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) and Chinese Vice President Han Zheng met in New York (USA) on September 18. Photo: Reuters
Also on September 18, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Vice President Han China met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session, calling for stabilizing bilateral relations.
At the meeting, Mr Blinken said he believed in “direct diplomacy” to resolve disagreements in the two countries’ relations.
Connected reuters Mr Blinken quoted Mr Han as saying: “It is good that we have the opportunity to build on the high-level commitments recently made between the two countries. From the US perspective, to resolve areas of disagreement Direct diplomacy is the best approach.” And also the best way to explore areas of cooperation between us.”
The Chinese Vice President said that US-China relations are facing many difficulties and challenges and Beijing hopes that Washington will make efforts to implement the consensus of the leaders of the two countries and promote the stable development of bilateral relations.
Mr Han affirmed: “The world needs a healthy and stable US-China relationship, which benefits not only China and the US but the entire world.”