CHINA, RUSSIA CUT DEAL ON COVID, TECH COLLABORATION

China and Russia will strengthen cooperation in supporting international anti-pandemic cooperation, setting an exemplar of major-country peaceful coexistence, enhancing cutting-edge technological innovations and safeguarding international justice and equity, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said.

Wang attended a meeting of foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member countries in Moscow and visited Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia from Sept. 10 to 16, the Chinese news agency Xinhua reported.

He and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, following face-to-face talks, have reached a series of important consensus on strengthening bilateral ties and dealing with international and regional challenges, Wang told Xinhua in an interview.

Wang said that in a bid to maintain and consolidate the sound development of China-Russia ties, the two ministers agreed to strengthen cooperation in four areas. First, the two countries will support international anti-pandemic cooperation, and in particular, support the World Health Organization (WHO) in playing a coordinating role, support various countries in accelerating drug and vaccine research and development, and call for efforts to stop politicizing the pandemic and virus. Second, China and Russia will set an exemplar of major-country peaceful coexistence, and constructive major-country coordinative relations are indispensable to solve global problems. Third, the two sides will strengthen cutting-edge scientific and technological innovations. China and Russia have complementary advantages in science and technology, and will implement the projects of the Year of Scientific and Technological Innovation, improve applications of scientific and technological advances, promote two-way exchanges of talents, and encourage investment in high-tech, internet and other fields. Fourth, they will safeguard international justice and equity. China and Russia will firmly safeguard the core position of the United Nations in international affairs, defend international laws and the basic norms governing international relations, and actively reform and improve the global governance system.

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