As two major countries in the world, China hopes it can together with Germany play a constructive role in safeguarding peace and promoting cooperation in the changing international situation, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang told German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on the sidelines of the G20 foreign ministers' meeting in New Delhi on Thursday.

Qin said that China and Germany are important partners and share extensive common interests. The two sides have maintained close high-level exchanges and strong economic and trade cooperation, and China has been Germany's largest trading partner for seven consecutive years.

He added that the reason China and Germany can achieve fruitful results in various fields is mutual respect and mutual benefit. China is willing to work with Germany to implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, continue the sound momentum of bilateral relations and accelerate the resumption of exchanges and cooperation in various fields and at all levels.

Baerbock said Germany will continue to adhere to the one-China policy and is willing to maintain high-level exchanges and deepen people-to-people exchanges with China. She added that the optimization of China's COVID-19 prevention and control policies makes it more convenient for personnel exchanges and the German side is looking forward to visiting China as early as possible.

She also noted that Germany attaches importance to China's position paper on the political settlement of the Ukraine crisis and hopes China can play an important role in resolving the crisis.

Qin explained China's objective position and constructive role in the Ukraine crisis, stressing the need to adhere to a political settlement and promote peace talks. He called for relevant countries to stop pouring oil on the fire and build a balanced, effective and sustainable security architecture for Europe.