Russia, China support equal and indivisible security in Asia Pacific - Lavrov

MOSCOW, May 31. /TASS/. Moscow and Beijing support equal and indivisible security in the Asia Pacific Region on the basis of the non-bloc status, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday. "Our countries support strengthening stability in the Asia Pacific, creating reliable mechanisms of ensuring security, equal and indivisible security, which would be based on the non-bloc status," Lavrov said at the international conference "Russia and China: to the new quality of bilateral relations." "The Russian-Chinese initiative on security and cooperation in the Asia-Pacific is aimed at resolving this issue," he added. Russia and China "have proposed to start working on building the regional architecture in accordance with modern realities," the foreign minister noted. "This proposal was supported at the 8th East Asia Summit in October 2013. In the framework of these summits, four rounds of consultations were already held on this proposal. The fifth round is planned to be held in Beijing, where initiatives aimed at forming the new architecture of security and cooperation in this region will continue to be discussed," Lavrov noted. Read more