Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu held diplomatic consultations with Russian first Deputy Foreign Minister Titov.

[vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu holds diplomatic consultations with Russian first Deputy Foreign Minister Titov] Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu held diplomatic consultations with Russian first Deputy Foreign Minister Titov in Beijing on 23 April. Ma Zhaoxu said: in March this year, President Xi Jinping paid a successful state visit to Russia and reached a new and important consensus with President Putin on expanding cooperation between China and Russia in various fields. The diplomatic departments of the two countries should properly implement the important consensus of the heads of state and promote the development of Sino-Russian strategic cooperation at a high level. Titov said that the meeting between President Putin and President Xi Jinping in Moscow has been fruitful, which has laid a solid foundation for the further development of Russian-Chinese relations. Under the complex and changeable international situation, Russia is willing to strengthen cooperation with China to better safeguard the common interests of both sides. The two sides exchanged views on the current international situation, the foreign policies of the two countries and international and regional issues of common concern.