A Russian-Chinese agreement to promote a multipolar world to confront all forms of unilateral bullying
China and Russia agreed on Tuesday to further strengthen cooperation within multilateral frameworks and make more efforts to improve global governance.
The consensus was reached during a meeting in Moscow between Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, and Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, according to Xinhua.
Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, held talks with Patrushev, while they respectively led the China-Russia Strategic Security Consultation Mechanism.
The two sides discussed the current international strategic situation, and expressed their desire to jointly practice true multilateralism, oppose all forms of unilateral bullying, promote democracy in international relations as well as promote a multipolar world.
The two sides expressed their belief that peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region should be firmly maintained, and that “the activation of the cold war mentality, confrontation between blocs and ideological struggle should be opposed”.
The two sides also exchanged views on the Ukrainian issue, among others.
