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Russia hails China as part of emerging 'just world order'

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi after their joint news conference following the talks in Sochi, Russia, May 13, 2019. EPA-EFE/Pavel Golovkin/Pool" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/overseas/03/30/20220330-china-russia.jpg"/><figcaption>Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi after their joint news conference following the talks in Sochi, Russia, May 13, 2019. <em>EPA-EFE/Pavel Golovkin/Pool</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>BEIJING—Beijing and Moscow advanced a vision of a new world order Wednesday as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made his first visit to key ally China since the invasion of Ukraine.</p><p>Moscow&#x27;s top diplomat landed in the eastern city of Huangshan early Wednesday for a series of meetings about the future of Afghanistan.</p><p>But Russia&#x27;s bloody assault on Ukraine is likely to loom large over proceedings.</p><p>Beijing has refused to condemn the invasion and has provided a level of diplomatic cover for an increasingly isolated Russia.</p><p>US officials have accused China of signaling &quot;willingness&quot; to provide military and economic aid to Russia, while President Joe Biden has compared the invasion of Ukraine to China&#x27;s crushing of protests in Tiananmen Square in 1989.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/03/11/22/china-censors-online-ukraine-debate-bars-calls-for-peace">China censors online Ukraine debate, bars calls for peace</a></li></ul><p>But on Wednesday, Lavrov painted a picture of a new world order, saying the world was &quot;living through a very serious stage in the history of international relations&quot;.</p><p>&quot;We, together with you, and with our sympathizers will move towards a multipolar, just, democratic world order,&quot; Lavrov said in a video released by the Russian foreign ministry ahead of a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. </p><p>The two ministers were shown on Chinese state TV in face masks bumping elbows in front of their national flags.</p><p>A readout from the Chinese foreign ministry quoted Wang Yi saying that &quot;China-Russia relations have withstood the new test of the changing international situation, maintained the correct direction of progress and shown tenacious development momentum.&quot;</p><p>Foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told reporters earlier that Moscow and Beijing will continue efforts in &quot;advancing global multipolarity and the democratization of international relations&quot;.</p><p>Wang added that &quot;China-Russia cooperation has no limits&quot;, repeating a line used by President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to characterize ties.</p><p>&quot;Our striving for peace has no limits, our upholding of security has no limits, our opposition towards hegemony has no limits,&quot; Wang said.</p><div><strong>AFGHANISTAN</strong></div><p>Lavrov will attend a series of meetings hosted by China to discuss ways to help Afghanistan, with diplomats from the United States and the Taliban-led country&#x27;s neighbors also expected to attend. </p><p>China shares only a sliver of a border with Afghanistan, but Beijing has long feared its neighbor could become a staging point for Muslim Uyghur separatists from Xinjiang.</p><p>The meetings follow a visit by Wang last week to Kabul, his first trip to Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power.</p><p>China and Russia have become closer in recent years, with Putin notably attending the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics last month only days before the invasion of Ukraine.</p><p>The strongman leader and China&#x27;s Xi signed energy deals worth billions of dollars during Putin&#x27;s trip.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/f9k4ll9EpYs?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

Beijing and Moscow advanced a vision of a new world order as the Russian Foreign Minister made his first visit to China since the invasion of Ukraine.