On March 10, 2022, Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin held vice-foreign-ministerial-level consultation on multilateral affairs between China and Russia via video link.

The two sides exchanged in-depth views on cooperation between the two countries in multilateral mechanisms such as the United Nations and its Security Council, the World Health Organization, the Human Rights Council and BRICS, and reached broad consensus. Both sides agreed to uphold the spirit of China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era, jointly uphold true multilateralism, strive to promote world peace and development, and safeguard the common interests of both countries.