Wang Yi Meets Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov in Baku

TREE NEWS update: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Baku on October 14, 2026, congratulating Russia on holding its State Duma elections and completing a major domestic political agenda. Wang said the May and August meetings between Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin had sustained high-level development of the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era, and noted the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting will be held in Shenzhen next month.