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.

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - Monitoring: The two sides met in the Chinese capital of Beijing on Monday, with Li telling Yevmenov that China hopes to "strengthen communication at all levels" with the Russian navy, according to a Chinese Defense Ministry readout.
 
China and Russia should "regularly organize joint exercises, joint cruises and joint military skills competition," as well as "expand practical cooperation in professional fields," Li said, less than four months after the two countries took part in joint naval exercises in the Gulf of Oman.
 
Elsewhere in his remarks, the Chinese minister said the two countries should "make positive contributions to maintaining regional and world peace and stability."
 
Yevmenov, for his part, said Moscow and Beijing should "continue to expand exchanges at all levels of the two countries navies" and "continuously push the relationship between the two militaries to new heights."
 
China operates the world's largest navy by number of hulls and hugely surpasses Russia's navy in both size and technical ability.