BEIJING, February 4. /TASS/. Russia and China call on all states to strengthen dialogue and mutual trust, according to a joint statement adopted by the two countries on Friday.
"The sides call on all States to pursue well-being for all and, with these ends, to build dialogue and mutual trust, strengthen mutual understanding, champion such universal human values as peace, development, equality, justice, democracy, and freedom, respect the rights of peoples to independently determine the development paths of their countries," the statement says.
Moscow and Beijing also stress the need "to protect the United Nations-driven international architecture and the international law-based world order, seek genuine multipolarity with the United Nations and its Security Council playing a central and coordinating role, promote more democratic international relations, and ensure peace, stability, and sustainable development across the world," the statement says.