When asked about China's assessment of the current China-Russia relations and the arrangements for Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's visit to China starting on Tuesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Monday that China and Russia have established the comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era. Guo said during Foreign Minister Lavrov's visit to China, the foreign ministers of the two countries will exchange views and coordinate positions on the development of bilateral relations, cooperation in various fields, as well as international and regional issues of common concern.

Guo said in recent years, China and Russia have continuously deepened their good-neighborliness and friendship, expanded comprehensive strategic coordination, and pursued mutually beneficial cooperation and win-win results.

The two countries have maintained close communication and coordination on international and regional affairs, making important contributions to advancing equitable and orderly world multipolarity, reforming and improving global governance, and safeguarding international fairness and justice, Guo added.

At the invitation of Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will pay an official visit to China from April 14 to 15, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced on Monday.