Lavrov says Russia can 'compensate' for China's resource gap from Iran war:
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov heads to a meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Wednesday. Reuters-Yonhap
BEIJING — Russia's foreign minister said that his country could make up for China's energy shortages as shipping through the Strait of Hormuz is choked by the US-Israeli war with Iran, Russian state media reported Wednesday.
"Russia can, without a doubt, compensate for the shortfall in resources that has arisen" for China and "other countries that are interested in working with us" Sergei Lavrov said at a news conference in Beijing in response to a question about the Hormuz blockage.
He also said that Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit China in the first half of the year, Moscow's state media reported.