China, Russia agree to work together against 'illegitimate' sanctions
Meeting in the southern city of Guilin on Monday and Tuesday, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov agreed to “work together against sanctions”.
They also called for a summit of permanent members of the UN Security Council to resolve “humankind’s common problems” at a time of heightened global political turbulence.
In addition, they proposed a new dialogue platform be set up to address regional security concerns.
“[Western powers] should know that the days when they can arbitrarily interfere in China’s internal affairs by making up stories and lies are long gone,” Wang said during the talks, according to a Chinese foreign ministry statement.
The meeting took place after the European Union on Monday announced sanctions on four Chinese officials and an entity over human rights violations in Xinjiang, which was followed by a similar announcement from the US, Canada and Britain.
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