On December 18, 2015 local time, Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) Ban Ki-moon during his attendance at the third foreign ministers' meeting of the International Syria Support Group in New York.

Wang Yi expressed that this year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the UN and the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War. In this special year, through the joint efforts of all parties, the cause of human peace and development has seen a series of significant progresses and results. China has fulfilled its responsibilities and played a role to this end. China appreciates the positive efforts and major contributions that the UN and the Secretary General have made in this aspect, and China is willing to continue strengthening cooperation with the UN.

Ban Ki-moon expressed that since the beginning of this year, multilateral diplomatic efforts have yielded positive results in terms of climate change, sustainable development, the Iranian nuclear issue, and others, in which China has played an important role. He highly appreciates and congratulates on China's excellent leadership. He also thanks China for its active participation in the process of political settlement of the Syrian issue and expects China to continue playing an important part in tackling regional hotspot issues of this kind in the future.