Updated On: 15 August, 2023 08:21 AM IST | Beijing | Agencies
Li’s attendance underscores the drive by China and Russia to align their foreign policies in a bid to undermine the Western-led liberal-democratic world order

China’s Defense Minister Gen. Li Shangfu. Pic/AP
Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu is visiting Russia and Belarus in a show of support for those nations which the West has sought to isolate over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Li departed on Monday on the six-day trip, during which he will deliver an address at the Moscow Conference on International Security and meet with defense leaders from Russia and other nations.