China wants defense minister Li Shangfu according to strengthen cooperation with Russia. As state broadcaster CCTV News reported on Monday, the cooperation must also include close strategic communication between the armed forces of both countries.
“China stands ready to work with Russia to make further contributions to maintaining security and stability in the world and the region,” the minister said, according to the report.
Li on Sunday in Moscow with the Russian president Vladimir Putin also said that China also wants to strengthen multilateral coordination and cooperation with Russia.
Putin praised military cooperation
On Sunday, Russian President Putin praised the military cooperation between the two countries in a meeting with the Chinese Defense Minister. “Our military departments actively cooperate, regularly exchange useful information, cooperate in the field of military-technical cooperation and conduct joint exercises,” he said during the meeting in Moscow. There were land, sea and air force exercises in the Far East and Europe.
Both countries have expanded economic, political and military ties since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. According to their own statements, China is not supplying Russia with any weapons. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian official said on Friday that Ukrainian forces were increasingly finding Chinese components in Russian weapons deployed in Ukraine. Portal could not independently verify the Ukrainian data.