(VOVworld) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi agreed to enhance cooperation in international issues during their meeting at the UN headquarters in New York on Wednesday.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R1, front) meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L1) at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, Sept. 30, 2015. [Photo: Xinhua]

Lavrov said Moscow and Beijing have common views on some regional and global issues, and should maintain close contact and cooperation on UN-related issues. He said Russia insisted on improving its relations with China.
The Chinese Foreign Minister said that as members of the UN Security Council, China and Russia should enhance cooperation to protect the UN charter and fundamental rules on international relations, advocate peaceful measures to resolve the Syrian crisis, as well as nuclear issues in Iran and the Korean peninsula. Wang said Beijing will cooperate with Moscow in organizing high-level visits, conferences, and exhibitions between the two countries later this year.