China and Russia have vowed to “strengthen” military cooperation to safeguard “global and regional security” during a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US-sanctioned Chinese defence minister Li Shangfu in Moscow on Sunday.

China and Russia have vowed to “strengthen” military cooperation to safeguard “global and regional security” during a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US-sanctioned Chinese defence minister Li Shangfu in Moscow on Sunday, Chinese official media reported on Monday.

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The meeting between Putin and Li took place in the backdrop of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, which Beijing has declined to call it so and has instead accused the US and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) of provoking Moscow.

Li’s three-day Russia visit, which began Sunday, assumes significance as it comes within weeks of Xi’s high-profile Russia visit and deepening Western apprehension about China selling lethal weapons to Moscow with which it has a “no limits friendship”.