Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing met in Vientiane Monday with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, and the two sides exchanged views on the Iraqi issue and the cooperation between the two countries in the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

Li briefed Lavrov on the cooperation between China and ASEAN.

Li is accompanying Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to visit Laos and attend the eighth summit between ASEAN and China, and between ASEAN and China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK), as well as the sixth China, Japan and ROK summit.

(Xinhua News Agency November 30, 2004)