China to send troops to Russia to take part in joint military exercises that are “unrelated to the current international and regional situation,' China’s defense ministry says.
led by the host and including India, Belarus, Mongolia, Tajikistan and other countries, China’s defense ministry said Wednesday.
Last month, Moscow announced plans to hold “Vostok” exercises from Aug. 30 to Sept. 5, even as it wages a costly war in Ukraine. It said at the time that some foreign forces would participate, without naming them.China’s defense ministry said its participation in the exercises was part of an ongoing bilateral annual cooperation agreement with Russia.
Under Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, Beijing and Moscow have grown increasingly close.
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