On June 23, 2026, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs Wang Yi met with Secretary of the Russian Federation Security Council Sergei Shoigu in New Delhi.

Wang Yi noted that Russian President Vladimir Putin paid a successful state visit to China last month, during which the two heads of state had in-depth strategic communications. The two sides issued two joint statements: one sets out strategic plans and provides strong impetus for the China-Russia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership of Coordination for the New Era; the other points out the future direction for the development of human society and clarifies the prospect of a multipolar world. China is ready to work with Russia to implement the important consensus of the two heads of state, continuously strengthen all-round strategic coordination between China and Russia, promote the accelerated development and revitalization of the two countries, and make China-Russia contributions to world peace and development.

Wang Yi stated that BRICS is an important platform for the international community to practice multilateralism, uphold fairness and justice, and promote peace and security. China and Russia should strengthen coordination and cooperation to promote the continuous growth of the BRICS mechanism and make it a true forefront of the Global South. The BRICS National Security Advisers’ Meeting should pool the consensus of BRICS countries, jointly respond to security challenges, maintain a sound security environment, inject more certainty into a turbulent world, and make more “BRICS contributions”.

Sergei Shoigu said that the continuous close interactions between the heads of state of Russia and China are the fundamental guarantee for the continuous development of bilateral relations, highlighting the uniqueness and high level of the Russia-China Comprehensive Strategic Partnership of Coordination. Facing the profound changes unseen in a century, Russia and China should deepen mutual trust, carry out close cooperation, jointly resist all kinds of interference and infiltration by external forces in the security field, and oppose Japan’s “remilitarization” attempts. Russia is ready to continuously enhance strategic coordination with China within multilateral mechanisms such as BRICS, and jointly maintain regional and world peace and stability.

The two sides also had in-depth exchanges of views on international and regional issues of common concern.