On the morning of July 15, 2025, President Xi Jinping met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Xi Jinping asked Sergei Lavrov to convey his cordial greetings to President Vladimir Putin. Xi Jinping stressed the need for both sides to implement the important understandings reached between the two presidents, deepen the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination, strengthen mutual support in multilateral fora, safeguard their development and security interests, promote solidarity among Global South countries, and work together to make the international order more just and equitable. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which was jointly established by China and Russia, is a comprehensive regional cooperation organization that holds significant importance for maintaining peace, stability and development on the Eurasian continent. Both sides should support each other, steer the development course of the SCO, continuously inject new momentum, and make this strategic platform more substantive and stronger.

Sergei Lavrov conveyed President Vladimir Putin's sincere greetings to President Xi Jinping, stating that under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, the Russia-China comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination has achieved in-depth development. Russia attaches great importance to its relations with China and looks forward to maintaining high-level exchanges with China in this important year marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the World Anti-Fascist War, strengthening mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields, keeping communication and coordination in international and regional affairs, and promoting world and regional peace and stability. Russia will actively support China's presidency and work together to ensure the complete success of the SCO summit in Tianjin.

Wang Yi attended the meeting.