MOSCOW. May 16 (Interfax-AVN) - The military and technical cooperation between Moscow and Beijing, "which has strengthened a lot, makes an important contribution to the development of bilateral relations," Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said at a Thursday meeting with his Chinese counterpart Chi Haotian in Moscow.
Ivanov proposed "a more detailed" discussion of bilateral military cooperation with his Chinese colleague. He also suggested considering strategic stability and plans for a new format of Russia-NATO relations.
At the same time Chi said that the Chinese authorities were satisfied with the fact that the Russian-Chinese strategic partnership is developing and strengthening.
According to him, Russia and China have "similar and close positions and views" on such issues as opposing hegemonism, support of multipolar world, air defense problem, combating terrorism, extremism and separatism. "We could coordinate our positions at the global arena," Chi stressed.
He said that "partnership relations between Russia and China are very important for global stability, opposing hegemonism and construction of a multipolar world.
Chi added that "cooperation is broadening between our armies which is becoming part of our interstate relations. An established mechanism of mutual relations between the two Defense Ministries is operating successfully."