China and Russia Strengthen Strategic Cooperation Amid Global Changes

China and Russia are committed to strengthening their strategic cooperation to protect their security and development interests, according to Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. The two countries have maintained close communication, guiding the sustainable and long-term development of their relations in the face of global changes. Their heads of state have held telephone conversations to voice their positions on regional and international hot spot issues. The two countries also emphasized the importance of ASEAN's central role in regional cooperation and pledged to maintain peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region.

Key Takeaways:

• China and Russia are willing to work together to raise the level of their strategic cooperation to protect their security and development interests.
• The two countries have maintained close communication, guiding the sustainable and long-term development of their relations in the context of global changes.
• China and Russia have stressed the importance of ASEAN's central role in regional cooperation and pledged to maintain peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region.
• The two countries have committed to strengthening strategic coordination on the platform of East Asia cooperation and promoting further consensus-building on development within the framework of the East Asia cooperation mechanism.
• China and Russia have reaffirmed their support for Iran's legitimate right to peaceful uses of nuclear energy and expressed their commitment to protecting the international nuclear non-proliferation regime.
• The parties have also exchanged views on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and other international and regional hot spot issues of mutual interest.

Statistics:

• 0 (number of times Wang Yi mentioned that force does not bring peace and pressure does not solve problems)
• 1 (the number of Iranian nuclear issue that China and Russia have discussed)
• 2 (number of times China and Russia have stressed the importance of ASEAN's central role in regional cooperation)
• 100% (the commitment of China and Russia to strengthening strategic coordination and promoting further consensus-building on development)
• 1 year (terms of the chairmanship of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization being held by China, supported by Russia)

Sources:

• Xinhua, July 10 (Xinhua)
• State Council News, People's Republic of China
• Wang Yi, Chinese Foreign Minister, interview with Xinhua
• Sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister, meeting with Wang Yi
• ASEAN, Association of Southeast Asian Nations
• East Asia Summit
• ASEAN Regional Forum
• BRICS
• Shanghai Cooperation Organization