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China's Xi Vows Greater Support for Russia as Meets Lavrov

BEIJING, CHINA, JUL 15 – China and Russia pledge greater strategic coordination amid rising global tensions, with China supplying key dual-use components to Russia despite Western sanctions, officials said.

  • On July 15, 2025, Chinese President Xi Jinping met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the Great Hall of the People, stating China and Russia should strengthen mutual support.
  • In response to U.S. pressure, China vowed to deepen its alliance with Russia, the Telegraph reported, after President Donald Trump threatened to impose `severe` tariffs on Moscow's trading partners within 50 days.
  • In Beijing, Sergey Lavrov pledged to support China's rotating SCO presidency and help ensure the Tianjin summit's success.
  • In Beijing, Lin Jian said `There are no winners in a tariff war, and coercion and pressure will not solve problems`, while Dmitry Peskov called the U.S. warning `quite serious` and said Moscow needs time to evaluate.
  • With the SCO summit scheduled later this year, Xi and President Vladimir Putin are expected to meet in September at the Tianjin event, following the talks that paved the way for the summit.
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Xi Jinping met in Beijing with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, after US President Donald Trump threatened Russia with tariffs

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The president of the Chinese communist regime, Xi Jinping, declared this Tuesday to the Russian Chancellor, Sergei Lavrov, that both countries must "strengthen their mutual support," state news agencies reported after a meeting on the margins of a ministerial meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

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