“Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu Meets with Chinese Counterpart at SCO Summit in New Delhi”

Defense Minister of the aggressor country Sergei Shoigu met with Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu in New Delhi, where a meeting of defense ministers of the member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is being held.

Source: Russian propagandists

Literally: “Shoigu met with the Minister of Defense of China in New Delhi, where a meeting of the heads of military departments of the SCO countries is being held.”

Details: It is reported that these are unscheduled negotiations, and that the Minister of Defense of the PRC invited Shoigu to China.

Details of the talks between the ministers have not been released.

Background:

• On the afternoon of April 26, it became known that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had a telephone conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping on April 26. This is the first time leaders have spoken since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
• China will send ex-Chinese Ambassador to Russia Li Hui as a special representative to Ukraine and other countries to communicate on the settlement of the “Ukrainian crisis” (war – ed.).