China-Russia, 'Push Military Ties Higher' - Breaking News. Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun had a video call with his Russian counterpart Serghei Shoigu today.

He urged the armies of the two sides to "continuously expand practical cooperation and push military-to-military relations to a higher level" Moscow "is willing to collaborate with China to innovate in the fields and methods of bilateral military cooperation and to push relations between the two countries and the two armies to new levels"