Foreign ministers of China, Russia meet in Anhui

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov met Wednesday in Tunxi, east China's Anhui Province.

Lavrov arrived earlier in the day for the third meeting of the foreign ministers of Afghanistan's neighboring countries, which will be chaired by Wang.

Foreign ministers of Pakistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan or their representatives will also attend the meeting, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.

An extended meeting of the China-U.S.-Russia consultation mechanism on the Afghan issue will be held on the sidelines of the foreign ministers' meeting on Afghanistan.

（CGTN）