Beijing and Moscow are “more determined” to boost bilateral ties and expand cooperation, said China’s foreign minister Wang Yi following a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov held in eastern China. In what marked their first in-person meeting since Russia invaded Ukraine, Wang told Lavrov that the Moscow-Beijing relationship has “withstood new trials of international turbulence” and kept on the right direction. “China is willing to work with Russia to push the China-Russia relationship to higher levels in a new area under the guidance of the key consensus reached by the two countries’ head of state,” Wang told Lavrov, according to a readout from the Chinese foreign ministry. Russia launched the attack on Ukraine a little over a month ago and has been looking to China for support as the move draws escalating economic sanctions from the West. Ahead of the meeting, Russia’s foreign ministry released a video in …