China to foster new cooperation and consolidate “friendship” with Russia

PHOTO CAPTION: Chinese and Russian national guards take part in a joint drill in China in 2017. (Reuters)

BEIJING (Reuters) - China is willing to work with Russia to foster new drivers of cooperation and consolidate friendship, foreign minister Wang Yi told a news conference on the sidelines of an annual parliament meeting in Beijing.

China and Russia had declared a "no limits" partnership in February 2022 when Putin visited Beijing just days before he sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine, triggering the deadliest land war in Europe since World War Two.



(Reporting by Ethan Wang; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)