Item 1 of 2 Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Foreign Ministers’ Council meeting in Beijing, China July 13, 2025. Russian Foreign Ministry/Handout via REUTERS

[1/2] Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Foreign Ministers’ Council meeting in Beijing, China July 13, 2025. Russian Foreign Ministry/Handout via REUTERS Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

MOSCOW, July 13 (Reuters) – Russia and China’s foreign ministers on Sunday discussed their relations with the United States and the prospects for ending the war in Ukraine, Russia’s foreign ministry said in a statement.

President Vladimir Putin’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, in Beijing on Sunday. Lavrov is due to attend a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s (SCO) foreign ministers in China.

“The parties also discussed relations with the United States and prospects for resolving the Ukrainian crisis,” the foreign ministry said.

“The importance of strengthening close coordination between the two countries in the international arena, including in the United Nations and its Security Council, the SCO, BRICS, the G20 and APEC, was emphasized,” the ministry said.

China and Russia declared a “no limits” partnership in February 2022 when Putin visited Beijing, days before he sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine. Putin has sometimes described China as an “ally”.

The U.S. casts China as its biggest competitor and Russia as its biggest nation-state threat.

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