Amid concerns over Sino-US relationship under US President Donald Trump, China on Thursday backed Moscow's proposal for a trilateral partnership involving Russia, the U.S., and China. The move comes a day after Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov proposed the strategic trilateral partnership at the lower house of the Russian parliament.

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"China, Russia, and the U.S. are all major countries with worldwide influence and permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. For world peace, stability and development, we share a great responsibility," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said.

Hua said "we are willing to work together with Russia and the U.S." while trying to improve relation with both countries in the process.

Earlier in the week, while addressing Russian parliament, Lavrov said that they would like to see Russia, the U.S., and China form a strategic partnership.

He emphasized that Moscow's relations with any other country would not pose any threat to "Russian-Chinese strategic partnership."

Lavrov's proposal for the trilateral relationship assumes importance in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump's anti-Chinese stance. Ahead of his swearing-in ceremony last week, Trump unleashed a barrage of criticisms against China over a range of sensitive issues including its controversial trade practices, the South China Sea dispute, and North Korea.

Meanwhile, the diplomatic ties between China and Russia are probably passing through its best phase, following a lull in their relationship during most part of the last decade. President Vladimir Putin paid a visit to China last year, signaling an improvement in the ties between the two communist giants.

Last year, the foreign ministers of both countries also held a strategic meeting in Beijing where they agreed to form an alliance to counter the hegemony of western countries in the Asia Pacific region.       

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