30 Sep 2015 17:10

Lavrov meeting with Chinese counterpart on sidelines of UN GA

NEW YORK. Sept 30 (Interfax) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has begun a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, an Interfax correspondent reported.

The meeting is taking place on the sidelines of the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Lavrov congratulated Wang on having successfully conducted the festivities in Beijing on September 3 on the occasion of the victory in the Great Patriotic War.

"The solidarity with the Chinese people demonstrated by global leaders proves the importance of the meaning of our attempts not to allow the outcomes of the Second World War to be forgotten," the Russian minister said.