Amir Abdollahian and Lavrov held a bilateral meeting in China on the sidelines of Afghanistan meeting in Tunxi city on Wednesday.

"Tehran opposes the imposition of sanctions and unilateral measures against Russia, while welcoming progress in political talks over Ukraine," Amir Abdollahian said during the meeting with Lavrov.

The Iranian foreign minister expressed his happiness with the meeting with Lavrov which took place in a matter of few weeks after their meeting in Moscow recently,  and said, "We are happy that the relations between Iran and Russia are on the right path. I would like to emphasize once again that we oppose the imposition of sanctions and unilateral measures against Russia."

"I was informed that progress is being made in the developments in Ukraine towards political dialogue. I hope to inform you about various issues in tonight's talks and to hear the latest developments from you as well," Amir Abdollahian told Lavrov.

The Russian foreign minister, for his part, expressed his happiness with the meeting, and added, "We are interested in increasing all-out cooperation in all fields with our neighbors, specially Iran."

The Russian Foreign Minister went on to say that in relations with neighbors and friends, "we are trying" to condemn these unilateral and illegal sanctions in the first place, and secondly to take effective measures.

The Iranian Foreign Minister had also met with the Foreign Ministers of Pakistan, Qatar, Indonesia and Turkmenistan on the sidelines of the China-hosted meeting on Afghanistan.