China's defense minister, while pointing to his country's readiness to strengthen security and defense cooperation with Iran within the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, said that Beijing always supports the resolution of differences in Iran's nuclear issue through dialogue.

China's Defense Minister Li Shangfu and Russia's Navy chief, Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov, have met in what is the most high-level meeting between the representatives of the two countries since the Wagner mutiny last month.

Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu has warned attendees at Asia’s top security summit that a confrontation between China and the United States would inflict the world with an “unbearable disaster.”

China's defense minister warned against establishing NATO-like military alliances in the Asia-Pacific, saying they would plunge the region into a "whirlpool" of conflict.