Beijing, July 13 -- Relations between Russia and China are the most stable, mature and strategically valuable among major countries in the modern world, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Sunday at a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Beijing.

Wang welcomed Lavrov's visit to China to take part in a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Foreign Ministers Council, according to a statement published by the Chinese Foreign Ministry.

"Chinese-Russian relations are the most stable, mature and strategically valuable relations among major countries in today's world," Wang was quoted as saying by the ministry.

The top Chinese diplomat added that both sides had always treated and developed cooperation in ...