{"id":77450,"date":"2023-08-14T17:05:14","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T17:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/08\/14\/chinese-defense-minister-to-visit-russia-belarus-in-show-of-support\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:35:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:35:40","slug":"chinese-defense-minister-to-visit-russia-belarus-in-show-of-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2023\/08\/14\/chinese-defense-minister-to-visit-russia-belarus-in-show-of-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese defense minister to visit Russia, Belarus in show of support"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BEIJING \u2014 Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu is visiting Russia and Belarus in a show of support for those nations which the West has sought to isolate over&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Li departed Monday on the six-day trip, during which he will deliver an address at the Moscow Conference on International Security and meet with defense leaders from Russia and other nations, the Defense Ministry said on its social media account, citing spokesperson Col. Wu Qian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is due to speak at the conference on the topic of the \u201cMajority World countries\u2019 search for ways to development outside Western mechanisms, including strengthening multilateral associations of a new type,\u201d Russia\u2019s official TASS news agency reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It said representatives from about 100 countries and eight international organizations had been invited to attend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The would \u201cdiscuss various aspects of security in the conditions of the establishment of a multipolar world order, ways to restore constructive international cooperation in the context of aggressive claims by Euro-Atlantic elites for world domination,\u201d it said, quoting the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked about the visit, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin referred to the Defense Ministry statement, but added that Chinese and Russian leaders \u201chave maintained strategic communication in different ways on various issues.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe two sides had orderly high-level exchanges of views on extensive topics including bilateral cooperation and issues of joint concern,\u201d Wang told reporters at a daily briefing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe two countries will continue to advance the China-Russia comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership in the new era,\u201d he said. 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