China-Russia-India co-op aligns with respective interests, contributes to regional and global peace, FM on negotiation of resumption of trilateral format

Responding to a question that Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko said Moscow is negotiating the restoration of the Russia-India-China format with Beijing and New Delhi, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Thursday that the cooperation among China, Russia, and India not only aligns with the respective interests of the three countries, but also contributes to regional and global peace, security, stability, and progress.

"China is willing to maintain communication with Russia and India to advance trilateral cooperation," Lin said at a press briefing on Thursday.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko said that the topic of the trilateral cooperation format "appears in our negotiations with both of them [China and India], Russian media outlet Izvestia reported on Thursday.