KUALA LUMPUR: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday said Beijing and Moscow should strengthen their strategic coordination to promote peace in the Middle East, as he met his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur, Chinese foreign ministry said.
Wang Yi said the two countries should push for a diplomatic solution to the Iran nuclear issue, according to Chinese foreign ministry statement.
“Peace cannot be achieved through force, and applying pressure won’t solve problems,” Wang said, adding that dialogue and negotiations were the way out.
Meanwhile, the Russian foreign ministry in a statement said that both sides highly commended the development of political dialogue and practical collaboration between Russia and China amid heightened turbulence in the global system of international relations.
“The ministers engaged in detailed discussions on cooperation within ASEAN, particularly in light of certain countries’ intensified efforts to establish narrow-bloc military and political mechanisms aimed at undermining the ASEAN-centric system of security and stability in the Asia-Pacific region,” it said.
🇷🇺🇨🇳 Lavrov & Wang Yi discussed cooperation within #ASEAN amid certain countries’ efforts to establish military-political mechanisms in Asia-Pacific.
❗️Russia & China oppose militarisation and any attempts to deploy NATO infrastructure in the region.https://t.co/PiVGs7ieUs pic.twitter.com/khBiA6iL6J
— MFA Russia 🇷🇺 (@mfa_russia) July 10, 2025
The statement further said Russia and China stand united in opposing actions and plans to militarise the region, including attempts to deploy NATO-standard military infrastructure.
According to the foreign ministry, the two sides exchanged assessments on the resolution of a range of regional and international issues, as well as bilateral collaboration within the United Nations, BRICS, the SCO, the G20, and APEC.
