BEIJING -?Vice chairman of China's Central Military Commission Xu Qiliang met with visiting Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu here on Wednesday.

Bilateral military cooperation has deepened with positive achievements in recent years, Xu said, stressing that military-to-military relations are an important part of the comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination between the two countries.

Xu said China is willing to promote exchange and cooperation with Russia so that the military-to-military relationship will be pushed to a new high.

Shoigu said Russia attaches great importance to developing the comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination between the two countries.

Russia will strengthen exchange and cooperation with the Chinese military in various fields so that the two nations can continue to play a positive role in maintaining regional and global peace and stability, the Russian defense minister added.