Russia and China discuss Ukraine war and ties with the United States

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia and China's overseas ministers connected Sunday discussed their relations with the United States and the prospects for ending the warfare successful Ukraine, Russia's overseas ministry said successful a statement.

President Vladimir Putin's overseas minister, Sergei Lavrov, met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, successful Beijing connected Sunday. Lavrov is owed to be a gathering of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) overseas ministers successful China.

"The parties besides discussed relations with the United States and prospects for resolving the Ukrainian crisis," the overseas ministry said.

"The value of strengthening adjacent coordination betwixt the 2 countries successful the planetary arena, including successful the United Nations and its Security Council, the SCO, BRICS, the G20 and APEC, was emphasized," the ministry said.

China and Russia declared a "no limits" concern successful February 2022 erstwhile Putin visited Beijing, days earlier helium sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine. Putin has sometimes described China arsenic an "ally".

The U.S. casts China arsenic its biggest rival and Russia arsenic its biggest nation-state threat.

(Reporting by Reuters; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)