Moscow, Beijing To Cooperate, Respect Each Other's Interests At UNSC - MFA
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin and Chinese
Assistant Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu praised cooperation at the UN
Security Council and confirmed their mutual determination to
consider the two countries' interests at the world organization
during their consultations in Moscow on Thursday, according to a
statement released by the Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday,
trend reports
citing tass .
'The conversation focused on various aspects of cooperation
between Moscow and Beijing at the United Nations, including within
its Security Council and General Assembly, as well as in some
specialized organizations. The parties praised the traditionally
dense bilateral cooperation at the United Nations, which is based
on a close relationship of comprehensive partnership and strategic
interaction between our states. They demonstrated a principled
attitude to the mutual consideration of interests and concerns
while tackling key international issues,' the Foreign Ministry
said.
The senior diplomats also addressed the persistent attempts of
representatives of certain countries to undermine the credibility
of the UN by exploiting its platform to exert pressure on sovereign
countries, 'as well as by creating alternative non-inclusive
mechanisms outside the organization, in accordance with the concept
of the 'rules-based world order'.'
'Both parties reaffirmed their readiness to stand up for the
UN's pivotal coordinating role in the world's affairs and the
supremacy of universally recognized norms of international law,
including by intensifying the activity of the Group of Friends in
Defense of the Charter of the United Nations,' the Russian Foreign
Ministry concluded.
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