Deputy foreign Minister of Russia and China Sergey Vershinin and MA Zhaoxu spoke against the imposition of unilateral sanctions, especially in the context of the pandemic. About it, according to the report on the website of the Russian foreign Ministry, they said during a telephone conversation.
High-ranking diplomats discussed measures to combat the spread of coronavirus in the coordinating role of the world health organization, as well as the situation in Syria and Yemen.
“it was the General consensus on the need to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all member countries of the UN, the inadmissibility of politicization of humanitarian issues and the unacceptability of unilateral economic sanctions, especially in conditions of a pandemic”, — informs the Ministry of foreign Affairs.
The sides examined in detail the problem of continuation and strengthening of interaction of Russia and China in the discussion of issues of mutual interest for Moscow and Beijing, on international platforms.
Earlier, China protested the United States in connection with the introduction of sanctions in Hong Kong.
