Xi receives Lavrov with Sánchez still in Beijing and both emphasize the importance of their ties “for the world’s population”

Pedro Sanchez He is still in Beijing. The president ends his official visit to China this Wednesday and is already thinking about a return trip to Beijing next year.

But the rhythm of Xi Jinping It is frenetic and with Sánchez still in his territory, the Chinese president has also received the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov.

Lavrov, Putin’s lieutenant, declared this Wednesday in Beijing to Chinese President Xi Jinping that relations between Russia and China play “a stabilizing role” in world affairs.

Lavrov, who arrived in China on an official visit this Tuesday, assured that Ties between Moscow and Beijing “are increasingly important for the majority of the world’s population”according to the Chinese version of the Russian media Sputnik collected by Efe.

The Russian minister said that, “for the majority of the world who want a peaceful environment for sustainable development instead of instability,” the importance of bilateral relations between China and Russia “is increasingly evident.”

And he also assured that Russia is willing to increase energy supplies to China and other countries affected by the Middle East crisis, according to reports. Reuters.

Lavrov indicated that, “thanks to the collaboration” between Xi and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, bilateral relations “have demonstrated a high degree of resilience in the face of the economic and geopolitical turmoil facing the world today, which, unfortunately, is increasingly taking on a military character.”

Likewise, according to the medium Russia TodayLavrov added that The ties between Russia and China are “unbreakable in the face of any storm”.

In the context of the war in Iran, Lavrov added that Russia can compensate for the “energy shortage” of China and other countries, at a time when Chinese authorities have limited increases in fuel prices to cushion the impact of rising crude oil prices and have accelerated gas projects with Russia in their strategic planning to protect supplies.

For its part, Xi declared that, “In the face of a complex and volatile international situation, the stability and certainty of relations between China and Russia are particularly valuable”according to the official agency Xinhua.

The Chinese leader added that Moscow and Beijing must “maintain the unity of the ‘global south’ and demonstrate the responsibility of the great powers and the permanent members of the UN Security Council.”

Lavrov already met this Tuesday with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, who stated that Beijing and Moscow “fully coordinate their positions” and “support each other” in the international arena.

For its part, Lavrov criticized what he called attempts to “contain” China and Russia through “bloc” structures in Asiareferring to the situation around Taiwan, the South China Sea and the Korean Peninsula.

China and Russia have seen closer ties in recent years.

Shortly before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Xi and Putin proclaimed in Beijing the “boundless friendship” between their nations.

Since the outbreak of the conflict, Beijing has maintained an ambiguous position from which it has requested protection for the sovereignty of all countries, in reference to Ukraine, and attention to “legitimate security concerns”, in reference to Russia.

China has repeatedly denied providing support to Russia in its operations in Ukraine.something of which it has been accused by Western governments.