China and Russia will continue to support each other

The defense ministers of China and Russia "had sincere, in-depth and fruitful exchanges" and planned to promote "exchanges and cooperation between their respective militaries in the near future". This was reported by Beijing at the end of its Defense Minister Li Shangfu's mission to Moscow. The two sides had "an in-depth exchange of views on the international and regional security situation and reiterated that they will continue to support each other on issues relating to each other's fundamental interests and jointly resist attempts by external forces to interfere in internal affairs."