MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held a meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, to discuss a wide range of topics, including relations with the U.S. and the Ukrainian conflict, the Russian foreign ministry said on Thursday. The ministers met on the sidelines of the G20 ministerial meeting in South Africa.

Foreign Minister Wang Yi met his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in Johannesburg.

China supports “the recent consensus” between the U.S. and Russia on the war in Ukraine, said Wang Yi, the country’s foreign minister, amid ongoing discussions about bringing an end to the nearly three-year war.

Chinese President Xi Jinping reaffirmed his relationship with Vladimir Putin on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, signaling that Moscow’s detente with Washington wouldn’t deter ties.

China and Russia “cannot be moved away” from one another, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told his counterpart Vladimir Putin Monday, in their first phone call since US President Donald Trump upended American foreign policy with a sweeping pivot toward Moscow as he pushes for peace in Ukraine.

China’s President Xi Jinping had a call with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Monday and said he was pleased with Moscow’s efforts to hold a summit with the U.S. toward ending the war in Ukraine,