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By David Ljunggren<\/p>\n

(Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin met Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu in Moscow on Sunday and both men hailed military cooperation between the two nations, which have declared a “no limits” partnership.<\/p>\n

Chinese President Xi Jinping met Putin in Moscow last month.<\/p>\n

Russia and China have moved to further strengthen their economic, political and military ties since Moscow sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine in February 2022.<\/p>\n

Footage of the meeting showed Putin shaking hands with Li and then sitting down at a table. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu was also present.<\/p>\n

“We are working actively through our military departments, regularly exchange useful information, work together in the field of military-technical cooperation, and hold joint exercises,” Putin said.<\/p>\n

The exercises, he added, had been held in the Far East as well as Europe and involved ground, naval and air forces.<\/p>\n

“Undoubtedly, this is another crucial area that strengthens the extremely trusting, strategic nature of our relations,” Putin said.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian forces are finding a growing number of components from China in Russian weapons used in Ukraine, a senior official in Kyiv said on Friday. China has repeatedly denied sending military equipment to Russia.<\/p>\n

NATO and the United States say they have seen no signs yet that Beijing is supplying arms to Moscow.<\/p>\n

The visit was the first Li has made to another country since he was appointed last month.<\/p>\n

“In recent times cooperation between Russia and China in the military and military-technical spheres has been developing very well,” he told Putin, saying this helped boost regional security. Li’s comments were translated by the Kremlin.<\/p>\n

Beijing had announced Li’s visit to Moscow last week, saying he would meet defence officials, but made no mention of a meeting with Putin.<\/p>\n

Li has been under U.S. sanctions since 2018 over the purchase of combat aircraft and equipment from Russia’s main arms exporter, Rosoboronexport.<\/p>\n

(Reporting by David Ljunggren; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Sandra Maler)<\/p>\n

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