# Chinese and Russian foreign ministers meet in Azerbaijan

https://mins.news/en/item/102475

- CGTN, 2026-10-16 00:45 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-10-16/Chinese-FM-meets-Russian-counterpart-in-Azerbaijan-1RhnXZ1h0MU/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=China

> Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Baku on Wednesday. They pledged to deepen bilateral cooperation and coordination in multilateral forums, and aligned positions on upcoming high-level exchanges and international and regional issues of mutual concern, reaching new understandings.

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