Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi Tuesday met with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov and Indian counterpart S.M. Krishna in the southern Indian city at the 9th meeting of foreign ministers of the three countries.
The ministers exchanged in depth views on deepening trilateral cooperation and on
international and regional issues of common concern, and reached important consensus.
Yang highly evaluated the trilateral cooperation and said that as representative of emerging economies, the three countries have worked hard to implement the agreement reached at the Yekaterinburg meeting over the past one year and have made positive progress
in pragmatic cooperation in all fields.
The three countries have been efficiently communicating with each other to coordinate stands
and provide mutual support and cooperation, in order to face together the international financial
crisis and protect their common interests, said Yang.
This has played an important role in stabilizing global economy, pushing forward the
evolution of international political and economic structure towards a more just and reasonable
one, said Yang.
Yang also said that along with the strengthening of trilateral cooperation, as well as the enlargement of mutual demand for cooperation and increase of common interests, the three countries have entered a new historical stage of cooperation and are faced with a wide and long perspective of cooperation.
Yang expressed his hope that through common efforts, the three countries would continue to
deepen pragmatic and concrete cooperation in all fields, stimulate economic growth, and realize a
win-win situation for all.
Yang also hoped that the three countries further strengthen communication and coordination,
tighten cooperation relations, to contribute positively to a balanced and sustainable development of global economy, the building of a multi-polar world and the democratization of international relations.
The foreign ministers expressed satisfaction over the fruits from cooperation and meetings over the past one year.
They agreed that the current international situation is experiencing a deep and all-dimensional change, with all kinds of global problems becoming the major challenges
commonly faced by the international community.
They agreed that the three countries should further strengthen cooperation, and play a
positively role in protecting the interests of emerging economies and all developing countries,
safeguarding world peace and pushing forward common development.
The three foreign ministers also agree that their countries should deepen and strengthen
cooperation in the fields of disaster relief and rescue, operation, agriculture, the progress of
medical, pharmaceutical, sanitation and health services, infrastructure, telecommunication,
energy, trade and investment, for the benefits of the people of the three countries.
The three foreign ministers welcomed the role played by the G- 20 group as a major platform of international economic cooperation, and called for the reflection of representativeness,equality and efficiency by global economic management institutions, and the assurance of representation of emerging economies and developing countries in these institutions, with the
goal of the reform of international financial institutions being distribution of equal voting rights for developed countries and developing countries.
The three foreign ministers also highlighted the issue of climate change and expressed
willingness to further strengthen international cooperation in this field by following the principle of common but distinguished responsibilities for checking climate change as
was stipulated in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, and those of the "Bali Roadmap",
in order to contribute positively to the success of the UN Copenhagen Climate Conference to be held late this year.
The three foreign ministers said the three countries would continue to push forward exchange
and dialogue of the members, observers and dialogue partners within the framework of the
Shanghai Cooperation Organization, in order to safeguard peace, stability and development of the region.
The three foreign ministers signed the Joint Communique of the 9th Meeting of Foreign Ministers of China, Russia and India and met with the press.