“The PRC Minister of Defense congratulated Army General Sergei Shoigu on the upcoming 75th anniversary of the Great Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War, as well as the entire personnel of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation,” TASS quoted the Russian Ministry as saying.

It is noted that the heads of the military departments also discussed issues of cooperation in the field of military cooperation in the context of the pandemic of the coronavirus infection COVID-19.

Earlier, Shoigu gave the order to hold fireworks on May 9 in honor of the 75th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War.