Russian Defence Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu held talks with the head of the Chinese military department

In Dushanbe, within the framework of the meeting of the Council of Defence Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Sergei Shoigu, held talks with the head of the Chinese military department, Colonel-General Wei Fenghe. At the meeting, Colonel-General Wei Fenghe said: 'Next month we will conduct joint exercises on the territory of China. I invite comrade minister to the active phase of this exercise.'

He noted that 'I am very glad to meet once again with my great and old friend - the respected Russian Defence Minister Shoigu,' stressing that 'this meeting was not easy - against the background of the spread of the pandemic.'

The Chinese Defence Minister also noted that against the background of the current international situation, his meeting with his Russian counterpart 'can be said to please both, but some countries do not like it.' 'This is exactly the essence of our meeting,' Wei Fenghe said.

The Minister also recalled that when the IX Moscow Conference on International Security was held last month, he was unable to come to Russia due to a number of events held by the Communist Party of China.

'That's why I specially made a video message for this conference. And today we have the opportunity to meet again at the site of the SCO Council of Defence Ministers,' Wei Fenghe said.

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