“Russia is a permanent member of the Security Council and should continue to play its important role in the UN.

No one can deprive Russia of this right, ”RIA Novosti quoted Wang Yi as saying at a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

He noted that on the sidelines of the SCO summit in Samarkand, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping came to an understanding on many issues.

The head of the Chinese Foreign Ministry expressed his readiness to work on the implementation of the decisions of the last meeting of the leaders of the countries.

Earlier, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on all parties to the conflict in Ukraine to ceasefire and peacefully resolve the conflict through dialogue.