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MOSCOW \u2014 China\u2019s defense minister on Monday toured the top Russian military academy on a visit to the Russian capital that underscored the increasingly close ties between Moscow and Beijing amid the fighting in Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Gen. Li Shangfu in the Kremlin on Sunday, noting that his trip follows a \u201cvery productive\u201d three-day state visit to Moscow by Chinese leader Xi Jinping last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Putin emphasized that defense cooperation, including joint military drills, has helped \u201cstrengthen the trust-based strategic relationship\u201d between the two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, speaks to China’s Defense Minister Gen. Li Shangfu, left, and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, April 16, 2023. (Pavel Bednyakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Li told Putin that \u201crelations between our armed forces are growing stronger with every passing day,\u201d adding that \u201cyour personal friendship with the president of China plays a major role in this process, and everyone in China knows this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Monday, Li visited the military academy of the Russian General Staff, the elite institution for training senior military officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Russian Defense Ministry noted in a statement issued after his visit that the academy would welcome more than 20 senior military officers from China for a training course in the fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Li\u2019s trip to Moscow reflects China\u2019s strengthening engagement with Russia<\/a>, with which it has closely aligned its foreign policy in an attempt to reshape the world order to diminish the influence of the United States and its Western allies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

China has refused to criticize Russia\u2019s actions in Ukraine and blamed the U.S. and NATO for provoking Moscow. Xi\u2019s three-day visit to Russia last month<\/a> gave a strong political boost to Putin, sending a powerful message to Western leaders that their efforts to isolate Moscow have fallen short.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the talks, Putin and Xi issued joint declarations pledging to further bolster their \u201cstrategic cooperation,\u201d develop cooperation in energy, high-tech industries and other spheres and expand the use of their currencies in mutual trade to reduce dependence on the West.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After more than a year of fighting in Ukraine and bruising Western sanctions, Russia\u2019s dependence on China has increased significantly. Facing Western restrictions on its oil, gas and other exports, Russia has shifted its energy flows to China and sharply expanded other exports, resulting in a 30% hike in bilateral trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last month, Putin and Xi also vowed to further develop military cooperation between Moscow and Beijing and conduct more joint sea and air patrols. However, there was no mention of any prospective Chinese weapons supplies to Russia that the U.S. and other Western allies feared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Friday, the Chinese foreign minister emphasized that Beijing wouldn\u2019t sell weapons to either side in the conflict in Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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