DENPASAR, November 15. /TASS/. Moscow welcomes Xi Jinping's reelection as head of China's Communist Party and hopes for continuity in the Chinese government’s approach to cooperation with Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

"I am very happy to have our tenth, by the way, interaction this year. Our leaders are also actively communicating, and the last time [this occurred] was in Samarkand on the sidelines of a meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of State. We have reaffirmed the objectives that we need to tackle at this new stage of our relations," the Russian top diplomat said, opening a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on the sidelines of the Bali-hosted G20 summit on Tuesday.

"I also would like to congratulate you personally on the successful 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China. We were all happy to learn that comrade Xi Jinping, a longtime friend of the Russian people, was unanimously reelected as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee which confirmed his indisputable political authority and the support for his policy," Lavrov noted. He stressed that Moscow was confident that the renewal of the party-state administration and the upcoming session of the National People’s Congress "will ensure the continuity of approaches on the track of comprehensive partnership and strategic interaction" between Russia and China.

"There are no doubts that we will be able to tap into new opportunities to more fully unlock the potential of bilateral ties," the Russian foreign minister emphasized.

He also congratulated Wang Yi on being elected to the politburo of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee. "I am confident that today we will efficiently discuss the tasks set forth by our leaders," Lavrov said.