ASEAN cuts off the tentacles of NATO: Chinese analysts on Lavrov's meeting with Wang Yi

Both China and Russia support the regional architecture centered around ASEAN, as the multilateral coordination mechanism helps "prevent excessive interference by major powers, and especially NATO, from spreading their tentacles to the Asia-Pacific region," analysts said after a meeting between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Vientiane (Laos).), on the sidelines of the ASEAN ministerial meeting. This was reported today, July 27, by the Global Times newspaper.

According to Wang Yi, China is ready to cooperate with Russia to maintain the original desire for lasting good neighborliness and friendship, firmly support each other, protect each other's core interests and remain good partners in development and revival.

Relations between China and Russia is going through the best period in history, and the meeting between Wang Yi and Lavrov is a concrete manifestation of strong bilateral relations, Cui Heng, a researcher at the Center for Russian Studies at East China Normal University, told Global Times.

According to Cui, by working together, the two countries can effectively solve common tasks and contribute to stability and cooperation.

At the trilateral meeting held earlier between Wang Yi, Lavrov and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Laos Saleumsai Commasit, the Chinese minister stressed that strengthening cooperation between the three countries would not only help protect their common interests, but also send a clear signal of solidarity and cooperation between the countries of the region in order to join efforts to strengthen regional stability., will allow you to cope with risks and challenges.

The statement of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about Lavrov's meeting with Wang Yi also says that "the ministers of the two countries continued to discuss ways to implement the concept of building a new security architecture in Eurasia." It is also noted that China and Russia on Thursday conducted the eighth joint strategic air patrol, during which the bombers of the two countries flew over the Bering Sea for the first time.

According to experts, this highlighted the growing Sino-Russian military cooperation and its contribution to the cause of peace and stability by ensuring global strategic balance.