(Combating New Crown Pneumonia) Wang Yi Talks with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov: China Welcomes All Initiatives Conducive to Strengthening International Cooperation

China News Agency, Beijing, March 28. Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a telephone conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov at the appointment on the 27th.

Wang Yi said that on the evening of the 26th, President Xi Jinping and President Putin attended the special summit of the Group of Twenty G20 leaders through a video link, and each delivered an important speech and put forward a series of major initiatives on international cooperation in the prevention and control of epidemic diseases. The positions of China and Russia are highly consistent, sending positive and powerful signals to the world to promote the summit to a complete success. The current epidemic is spreading globally, and the international community faces common challenges. China welcomes all initiatives that are conducive to strengthening international cooperation in the fight against the epidemic, and is willing to strengthen communication and coordination with Russia and other permanent members of the Security Council to jointly promote global efforts to fight the epidemic.

Lavrov highly appreciates China's success in fighting the epidemic, and actively evaluates Russia-China cooperation in fighting the epidemic. Lavrov said that the Russian side is actively learning from China's experience and carrying out anti-epidemic work in combination with the actual situation of the Russian side. Russia highly values ​​the rich results of the special summit of the Group of Twenty leaders and believes that the summit will help promote the international community to strengthen coordination and cooperation to fight the epidemic. Russia and China have the same or similar positions on major international and regional issues. Facing the global challenges brought by the epidemic, Russia is willing to strengthen coordination and cooperation with China under a multilateral framework including the Security Council. (Finish)