MOSCOW. Aug 30 (Interfax) - Chief of the Joint Staff Department of China's Central Military Commission Col. Gen. Li Zuocheng highly assessed the Russian Armed Forces at a meeting with Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
"As your colleague, I express my immense respect to you and the Armed Forces of Russia. You have achieved enormous successes. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have demonstrated especially high results in recent years. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have proven themselves to be particularly good in the course of the operation to combat international terrorism in Syria," Li said.
The Chinese army is not alone in knowing about the Russian Armed Forces' successes, he said.
"Under your supervision, surprise inspections, strategic exercises and the International Army Games have been held in the Russian Armed Forces," Li said, sincerely thanking Shoigu on behalf of China's military-political leadership for the two countries' productive military cooperation.
Shoigu "is very well known and is respected in China," Li said.