On February 5, 2016, Foreign Minister Wang Yi held telephone talks with Foreign Minister Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov of Russia, exchanging views on bilateral relations and international and regional issues of common concern.

Both sides spoke highly of a series of symbolic results achieved by bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination in the past year and agreed that facing a complex and ever-changing international situation in the new year, China and Russia should keep the momentum of high-level mutual visits, enhance strategic communication, and deepen strategic cooperation so as to safeguard common strategic interests.

With regard to the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula, both sides held that under the current situation, all parties should not take new actions that will once again intensify the tension and should pull the issue back on the track of negotiation through the UN Security Council resolutions and efforts of all sides.

As for the Syrian issue, both sides held that the international community should earnestly implement Resolution 2254 and take the opportunity of the peace talk to eliminate obstacles, overcome difficulties and thus keep the momentum of the peace talk and adhere to the direction of political settlement.