On October 28, 2024, Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Bin held consultations on China-Russia relations and Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) affairs with Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Rudenko Andrey Yurevich in Beijing.

Liu Bin congratulated Russia on successfully hosting the 16th BRICS Summit and said that during the summit, President Xi Jinping held his third meeting with President Vladimir Putin this year and reached new and important common understandings. The foreign ministries of the two countries should take the implementation of the common understandings reached between the two heads of state as their top priority and promote the sustained, sound, stable and smooth development of bilateral cooperation in various fields. As the rotating chair of the SCO, China is ready to work with Russia to hold high the banner of the "Shanghai Spirit", focus on regional security, development and governance, and promote greater development of the SCO.

Rudenko Andrey Yurevich said that Russia is willing to make joint efforts with China to fully implement the outcomes of the meeting between the two heads of state and continuously enrich Russia-China relations. Russia will fully support China's work as the rotating chair of the SCO and push cooperation in various fields within the organization to a higher level.

The two sides also had an exchange of views on international and regional issues of common interest and concern.