On April 1, 2025 local time, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi accepted an exclusive interview with the Russia Today International Media Group during his official visit to Russia upon invitation.

When asked by a journalist about how to evaluate the role played by China and Russia in winning the World Anti-Fascist War, Wang Yi said that this year marks the 80th anniversary of the victories of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War, and the World Anti-Fascist War. In that last-ditch struggle between justice and evil, China and Russia were respectively the two major battlefields in Asia and Europe. The Chinese and Russian peoples were the two staunch forces in the fight against fascism and militarism. Both peoples, undeterred by ferocious adversaries, shed blood and fought bravely, making tremendous national sacrifices to defeat and annihilate the invaders and defend national sovereignty and dignity, and making major historic contributions to the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War. The profound friendship forged between the two countries during World War II has provided strong momentum for the comprehensive development of bilateral relations. Based on the great victory of World War II, China and Russia, together with other key members of the anti-fascist alliance, jointly initiated the founding of the United Nations (U.N.) and formulated a series of important international documents including the U.N. Charter, which laid the foundation for the modern international order, and established the basic norms governing contemporary international relations.

Wang Yi stressed that in the face of major changes unseen in a century, the two countries should firmly stand on the side of international justice, and join with peace-loving peoples around the world to defend the history written with blood and lives, and oppose any attempt or action to deny, distort, or revise the history of World War II. The two sides should work together to safeguard the post-war international order. Taking the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations as an opportunity, the two countries should uphold the authority and status of the United Nations, practice true multilateralism, and encourage all nations to abide by the purposes and principles of the U.N. Charter. The two countries should advocate for an equal and orderly multipolar world, strengthen close coordination on multilateral platforms such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and BRICS, amplify the powerful voice of unity and self-strength of the Global South, and continue to strive toward building a community with a shared future for mankind.