By Mei Mei Chu and Liangping Gao

TIANJIN, China (Reuters) -China’s role in upholding multilateralism is fundamental, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told Chinese president Xi Jinping on the sidelines of a security forum meeting on Saturday.

Xi in turn said China would always be a “reliable partner” to the U.N and continue to provide “stability and certainty”.

Guterres is in China’s northern port city of Tianjin for a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, where Russian President Vladimir Putin and leaders from Central Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia and the Middle East will gather with Xi in a powerful show of Global South solidarity.

“In this moment in which multilateralism is under fire, the support of China…is an extremely important element to preserve,

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