📋 Tender Overview
On September 10, 2024, Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and director of the Central Foreign Affairs Office, met with Sergei Shoigu, secretary of the Russian Federation Security Council, in St. Petersburg. Wang Yi said that in the face of major changes unseen in a century, China-Russia relations have maintained a stable and healthy development momentum, which ultimately depends on the guidance of the two heads of state. Since the beginning of this year, the two sides have maintained exchanges at all levels based on the new starting point of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Russia, implemented the important consensus of the heads of state, and further consolidated the political and social foundation of China-Russia permanent good-neighborly friendship, comprehensive strategic cooperation, and mutually beneficial cooperation and win-win results.
China is willing to strengthen strategic communication with Russia, give full play to the role of the China-Russia Strategic Security Consultation Mechanism and the BRICS Security Conference Mechanism, and continuously enrich the strategic connotation of China-Russia relations. Wang Yi said that China supports Russias work as the rotating presidency of the BRICS, and is willing to work together to deepen mutual trust and cooperation among BRICS countries, build the BRICS mechanism into a main channel for emerging forces to speak out, and an important platform for solidarity and cooperation in the Global South, and continuously create a new situation for Greater BRICS cooperation. Shoigu said that Russia and China have maintained high-level exchanges and fruitful cooperation in various fields, demonstrating the high level of strategic cooperation between Russia and China. China was thanked for its support for Russias presidency of the BRICS.
Russia is willing to continue to strengthen strategic communication and close coordination and cooperation with China to ensure the success of the BRICS Summit in Kazan next month. Both sides expressed that they will continue to advocate and practice true multilateralism. Russia stressed its support for Chinas presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and strive to make the SCO more efficient, pragmatic and cohesive, and inject more stability into a world full of changes and chaos. The two sides also exchanged views on the Ukrainian crisis. Shoigu introduced Russias position, welcomed the six-point consensus jointly proposed by China and Brazil, and was pleased to see that this consensus was widely recognized by the international community. Wang Yi said that China has always maintained an objective and fair attitude on the Ukrainian issue, and will continue to be committed to enhancing the balanced, objective and rational voices in the international community, gathering more international consensus and accumulating necessary conditions for an early ceasefire and a political solution to the crisis.
