On July 22, 2010, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met respectively with his Russian, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Pakistani counterparts on the sidelines of the foreign ministers' meetings between ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) and its partners in Hanoi.

During Yang’s meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, both sides agreed that China-Russia strategic partnership of coordination has made important headway this year under the guidance of the leaders of the two countries and with the joint efforts of both sides, which indicated the high level of bilateral ties. Both sides pledged to maintain the momentum of high-level exchanges, deepen pragmatic cooperation and enhance coordination and cooperation in international mechanisms including the UN, BRICs, SCO, the six-party talks and ASEAN Regional Forum so as to push forward China-Russia strategic partnership of coordination, safeguard the two countries’ common interests and promote international and regional peace, development and stability.

At the meeting between Yang and DPRK Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun, both sides pledged to jointly implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, maintain high-level exchanges, expand economic and trade pragmatic cooperation and push forward bilateral ties for the benefit of both peoples. The DPRK side congratulated China on successfully hosting the Shanghai World Expo and expressed readiness to keep contact with China on reopening the six-party talks.

When meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Yang said that China and Pakistan share all-weather friendship and all-round cooperation and bilateral relations have recently shown a strong momentum of growth. Yang urged both sides to well implement the outcome achieved during the visits by leaders, deepen cooperation in all areas and build up the friendship between both peoples to push China-Pakistan relations to a new level. Qureshi said President Asif Ali Zardari’s recent visit to China has opened up a new prospect for lifting bilateral ties. Pakistan is ready to deepen pragmatic cooperation with China in the key areas of economy, trade, water conservancy and transportation, enhance coordination and cooperation in international affairs and jointly ensure next year’s celebrations on the 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties a success.