India-China-Russia Russia, India, China discuss ways to strengthen trilateral ties
New Delhi/Moscow/UNI: Russia, India and China on Thursday discussed the ways to further strengthen their trilateral cooperation as well as topical issues of international and regional importance.
On the sidelines of Council of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) foreign ministers, the foreign ministers of three nations met in Moscow and noted for promoting global growth, peace and stability.
The ministers exchanged views on further strengthening of Russia-India-China trilateral cooperation as well as topical issues of international and regional importance, in the spirit of mutual understanding, friendship and trust, the ministry of external affairs said.
The ministers noted that common development and cooperation of the three countries is conducive to promoting global growth, peace and stability.
Recalling their video-conference of June 23 on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the victory in the Second World War and the creation of the United Nations, they reiterated their support for inclusive multilateralism and respect for universally recognized principles of international law.
The three leaders also noted with appreciation the continuation of joint activities held under the RIC framework, including the 2nd RIC DG-level Consultations on Regional Issues hosted by India in August 2019, 17th RIC Academic Exchange Conference hosted by China in September 2019, the 3rd edition of the RIC Young Diplomats Programme hosted by Russia in October 2019 and the first online meeting of national sanitary and epidemiological services held on 8 September 2020.
They further agreed that the three countries, with strong scientific and industrial capacities, could make a significant contribution towards mitigating the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and China State Councillor/Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi participated in the trilateral meeting on Thursday.
The ministers from India and China thanked Lavrov for the chairmanship of RIC and the meetings and conferences organized during the past one year.
Russian minister officially handed over the chairmanship of RIC to his Indian counterpart.
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