(Lu Boan/Xinhua via AP)BEIJING – The foreign ministers of China and Russia affirmed their countries' close ties at a meeting Tuesday, amid intense criticism and new Western sanctions against them over human rights.
Russia and China both maintain close relations with Tehran, with which they share a firm approach against any political opposition.
Ad“Countries should stand together to oppose all forms of unilateral sanctions," Wang said.
Russia has been under Western sanctions for years over its seizure of the Crimea, support for separatists in Ukraine and attacks on government critics.
“On an unrelated issue, we along with our international allies are very concerned about the situation facing Muslim minorities in western China."