On January 10, State Councilor and foreign minister Wang Yi had a telephone conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Wang Yi said that 2021, which has just passed, is a year of vigorous and bright spots in China Russia relations. *** In the new year, China will unswervingly deepen China Russia "back-to-back" strategic cooperation, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of both sides and maintain world peace and stability. Wang Yi said that President Putin's visit to China and attending the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games is not only the first offline meeting between the two heads of state in recent two years, but also a major event in international relations at the beginning of this year. China is willing to strengthen the dialogue with Russia to jointly ensure the success and fruitful results of the "Winter Olympic agreement" and "Spring Festival meeting" of the two heads of state. Lavrov fully agreed with the Chinese side and said that he would communicate closely with the Chinese side and make joint preparations. He believed that President Putin's visit to China and the Beijing Winter Olympic Games would be successful. The two sides exchanged views on the situation in Kazakhstan. Lavrov introduced the assessment of the situation in Kazakhstan made by the special summit of the collective security treaty organization, saying that more and more information clearly shows that the current chaos in Kazakhstan is a riot carefully planned by external forces, which is also the view of President Tokayev himself and Kazakhstan. At the request of Kazakhstan, the central security organization sent peacekeeping forces to take action. At present, the situation in Kazakhstan has been significantly improved. *** China agrees with President Tokayev's judgment on the nature of violence and terrorism in Kazakhstan, and supports the collective security organization to assist Kazakhstan in combating violence and terrorism on the premise of respecting Kazakhstan's sovereignty and play a positive role in restoring stability in Kazakhstan. Wang Yi expressed that China and Russia, as permanent members of the UN Security Council and friendly neighbors of Central Asian countries, must not allow chaos and war in China and Asia. The two sides should continue to deepen coordination and cooperation, oppose external interference in the internal affairs of Central Asian countries, and prevent the "Color Revolution" and "three forces" from making disturbances; Give play to their respective advantages, help Central Asian countries fight the epidemic, develop their economy, and strive to eliminate the social soil that breeds unrest; Support the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the organization of collective security in strengthening coordination and cooperation to jointly and effectively address various challenges to regional security. (outlook new era)