Chinese President Xi Jinping's recent successful state visit to Russia has scored fruitful achievements, providing strategic leadership for deepening China-Russia relations in the new era, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang said on Thursday.

Qin made the remarks when meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on the sidelines of the fourth Meeting of Foreign Ministers among the Neighboring Countries of Afghanistan.

China is ready to work with the Russian side to implement the consensus of the two heads of state as the core task, and promote bilateral relations to maintain a high level of operation, Qin added.

In the face of a chaotic world, President Xi has put forward a series of major initiatives and ideas to promote joint efforts to build lasting peace and common prosperity, to bring together the greatest consensus of all parties and to contribute Chinese solutions to global challenges, and welcomed Russia's active support and participation, Qin stressed.

For his part, Lavrov said that the high-frequency high-level interaction and strategic cooperation demonstrated positive dynamics and full resilience of the bilateral relations.

Russia is ready to work with China to implement the important consensus of the heads of state and to promote key plans for Russia-China economic cooperation, Lavrov continued.

The Russian side firmly supports the Chinese side in safeguarding its core interests, actively supports the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative and the Global Civilization Initiative, and is willing to work together to maintain regional peace and stability and sustainable development, Lavrov added.

The two sides also exchanged views on the Ukraine crisis.

Introducing the recent appeals made by China to the international community, Qin stressed that to resolve the Ukraine crisis, all parties need to act voluntarily, accumulate mutual trust and create conditions for peace talks.

China is willing to promote a political solution to the crisis, and play constructive roles on restarting negotiations, Qin said.

Lavrov positively assessed the Chinese position.