On March 26, 2004, Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing met respectively with visiting First Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Valery Loshchinin and Vice Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tleuberdi and exchanged views with them on China-Russia and China-Kazakhstan relations as well as international issues of common concern.

When talking about the Taiwan issue, Valery Loshchinin said that Russia would continue to adhere to the one-China policy unswervingly.

Tleuberdi said the Kazakh government would never change its principled stance of adhering to the one-China policy and resolutely supporting the lofty cause of reunification of the Chinese people.

Earlier, Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo and Assistant Foreign Minister Li Hui held consultations with them respectively.