"We (Russia and China. -

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) continue to maintain the closest coordination on all issues, including jointly countering the spread of COVID-19 and in the field of vaccine production," Rossiyskaya Gazeta quotes an excerpt from an article by Lavrov, which he published to the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Russian-Chinese Treaty on Good Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation.

The minister also stressed that he expects to resume full-fledged cooperation with China in all directions in the near future.

Earlier, Lavrov announced the unprecedented height of the strategic partnership between Russia and China.