LAVROV: China as part of emerging ‘just world order’
Beijing and Moscow advanced a vision of a new world order Wednesday as Russia’s foreign minister made his first visit to key ally China since the invasion of Ukraine.
Sergei Lavrov landed in the eastern city of Huangshan early Wednesday for a series of meetings about the future of Afghanistan.
But Russia’s bloody assault on Ukraine is likely to loom large over proceedings.
Beijing has refused to condemn the invasion and has provided a level of diplomatic cover for an increasingly isolated Russia.
US officials have accused China of signalling “willingness” to provide military and economic aid to Russia, while President Joe Biden has compared the invasion of Ukraine to China’s crushing of protests in Tiananmen Square in 1989.