China and Russia reaffirm close ties in Andrey Rudenko-Wang Yi talks

China and Russia renewed their commitment to close ties in talks in Beijing on Wednesday between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Andrey Rudenko, Russia’s deputy foreign minister.

The Chinese foreign ministry said the two diplomats discussed the war in Ukraine but did not give details of the conversation.

Instead, the ministry focused on broader bilateral relations.

Wang said China-Russia relations had “an inevitable historical logic and strong endogenous momentum”, and were not subject to the changed situation on the world stage or interference by any third party.

Meanwhile, North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui was in Moscow meeting her Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov.

Two days earlier, Rudenko held talks with Liu Xiaoming, China’s special representative for Korean peninsula affairs.

According to Russia’s foreign ministry, the two expressed concerns over the escalation of tensions in the region, blaming the build-up of military activity by the United States and its allies for frictions.