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)

Russian 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 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 Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Beijing.