Relations with Washington and the Ukrainian crisis were the focus of a meeting between the Russian and Chinese Foreign Ministers, Sergey Lavrov and Wang Yi, on the sidelines of a Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) ministerial meeting, the Russian foreign ministry said. "The two top diplomats discussed issues of relations with the United States and the situation around the Ukrainian crisis," it said. "The sides stated that their countries’ approaches to the majority of the topics raised are either identical or close." According to the ministry, the two top diplomats hailed the positive dynamics of the development of Russia-Chinese relations. "Special attention was paid to the agenda of the upcoming meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of State," it noted.