According to him, the modern world does not want to follow the "rules of the game" imposed by Western countries.
“The main political and economic nightmare for the West within its strategic anti-Russian line ... is our dynamically developing relations with Asia,” he was quoted by the Izvestia newspaper.
Earlier, the new Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang said that Beijing expresses its readiness to continuously develop Sino-Russian relations.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov invited his Chinese counterpart to visit Russia at a convenient time.