Lavrov, Wang Yi Hold Azerbaijan Talks on Ukraine, Iran — SkimNews
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- Sergei Lavrov met Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Oct 14 in Azerbaijan at a Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia meeting, according to a Russian Foreign Ministry statement.
- The two ministers "praised the development dynamics of comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation" and "synchronised watches on bilateral political dialogue," the ministry statement said.
- The meeting covered bilateral cooperation, the Iran crisis, the Ukraine war, and relations with the United States, per the Russian Foreign Ministry.
- Russia and China have publicly called for an end to the Iran conflict, warning it could expand and threaten stability across the wider region.
- China has repeatedly affirmed its "no limits" partnership with Russia through the 4½-year war in Ukraine while calling for diplomatic efforts to end the fighting.
Why it matters: The Azerbaijan sit-down confirms Russia and China are still actively coordinating their diplomatic lines on the war in Ukraine and Iran's mounting crisis, even as both publicly call for de-escalation. With the Ukraine war in its fifth year and Middle East tensions rising, Moscow is using the meeting to show the "no limits" partnership remains operational on multiple fronts at once.
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