Russia says it’s ready to coordinate with China, Indonesia on food, energy security

Russia says it’s ready to coordinate with China, Indonesia on food, energy security

Russia confirmed Wednesday that it is able to coordinate efforts with China and Indonesia on meals and power safety throughout a gathering between the highest diplomats of the three international locations.

“On July 12 in Jakarta on the sidelines of ASEAN ministerial events, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov met with Wang Yi, Head of the Office of the Commission of the CPC (Chinese Communist Party) Central Committee for Foreign Affairs, and (Retno) Marsudi, Foreign Minister of Indonesia,” mentioned the Russian Foreign Ministry.

The assertion mentioned their assembly centered on points concerning the bolstering of trilateral cooperation to “ensure food and energy security in light of the current crisis trends in world markets.”

“The parties confirmed their readiness to coordinate efforts in this direction, including in the interests of increasing the economic stability of the ‘Global South’ on the basis of respect by all countries of the principles of equality and mutual benefit in world economic relations,” it mentioned.

It additionally mentioned that views had been exchanged on a lot of topical worldwide and regional issues, including that duties geared toward strengthening “the ASEAN-centric architecture of security and cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region” had been mentioned.

“Sergey Lavrov and Wang Yi supported Indonesia’s efforts as ASEAN Chairman to advance these tasks during the forthcoming ministerial meetings in Jakarta within the framework of the East Asia Summit and the ASEAN Regional Forum,” it added.

Ahead of the assembly, Lavrov additionally held talks with Marsudi, throughout which they centered on bilateral cooperation, the formation of a safety structure within the Asia-Pacific area, and the promotion of the partnership between Russia and ASEAN.

Lavrov arrived in Indonesia earlier within the day to take part within the 56th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and different associated conferences.

Source: www.anews.com.tr