From February 26 to 27, 2024, Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong, upon invitation, held consultations with Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Rudenko Andrey Yurevich on China-Russia relations, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and Asia-Pacific affairs between China and Russia in Moscow, during which he met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

Sun Weidong said that under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping and President Vladimir Putin, the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era has enjoyed sound, stable and in-depth development, and bilateral relations are at their best in history. The two sides should take the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of China-Russia diplomatic relations as a new starting point, intensify high-level exchanges, continue to strengthen political and strategic mutual trust, enhance comprehensive strategic coordination, and deepen practical cooperation in various fields. The two sides should promote the SCO to better play the role of "anchor of stability" amid the once-in-a-century changes, strengthen communication and coordination in Asia-Pacific affairs, and jointly safeguard regional security, stability and development. China supports Russia in its work as BRICS presidency and stands ready to continuously strengthen bilateral strategic coordination in international multilateral platforms.

The Russian side welcomed Sun Weidong for consultations in Russia and expressed readiness to take the opportunities of celebrating the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries and holding the Russia-China Years of Culture to work with the Chinese side to fully implement the important common understandings reached between the two heads of state, deepen bilateral and multilateral strategic coordination, promote the sustained, sound and stable development of the SCO, BRICS and other mechanisms, and jointly safeguard security and development of the Asia-Pacific region.

The two sides also had an exchange of views on the Ukraine crisis, the situation on the Korean Peninsula, and other international and regional issues of mutual interest and concern.