“Against the background of the strategic course of the United States and its satellites to double contain the development of our countries, we continue to increase the volume and expand the scope of practical interaction,” RIA Novosti quotes him.
Lavrov noted the huge potential of internal reserves of Russian-Chinese relations.
The minister also said that the countries continue the substantive development of new formats of cooperation that do not depend on external negative factors.
Earlier it was reported that Lavrov will meet on July 7 with Turkish and Chinese Foreign Ministers Mevlut Cavusoglu and Wang Yi in Indonesia.
Lavrov will take part in the meeting of the G20 foreign ministers on July 7-8.