Chinese foreign minister in Russia after talks with US security adviser

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, left, speaks to Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during their talks in Moscow, Russia, on Monday (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP/PA)

China’s top diplomat has begun several days of security consultations with Russian officials following his weekend talks with US President Joe Biden’s national security adviser in Malta.

Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who simultaneously holds the ruling Communist Party’s top foreign policy post, will be in Russia until Thursday for strategic security consultations, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.