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According to Russian media, the official spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of Defense, Tan Qifei, said that the Chinese Defense Minister, Li Shanfu, will pay an official visit to Russia from 16 to 19 April.
At the invitation of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Chinese Defense Minister Li Shanfu will pay an official visit to Russia from April 16 to 19.
The announcement came hours after Deborah Rosenblum, who performs the functions of the US Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy, called for strengthening the military industrial base to meet the rapid demand in the face of China and Russia.

Rosenblum said - during her participation in the Global Security Forum of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, Thursday -: "It is not enough to have the strategy only, but there must also be the ability to implement that strategy that needs to be developed," according to the Ministry of Defense website. American.

Rosenblum, who is also the assistant secretary of defense for nuclear, chemical and biological defense programs, said there was a lot of discussion in the Pentagon about implementing the strategy, giving some examples.

And she asked: "If we withdraw a certain amount of stocks for the benefit of the Ukrainians, what are the implications of that and for how much time period? And what will that lead to? When we think about China, what will that lead to?", referring to the factor of supporting allies and partners from the perspective of deterrence. expanded.

She added that understanding the industrial base and what it takes to expand production is important, as well as finding better ways to cooperate within the industrial base, saying: “Just as we in the United States try to understand what is in the lowest basic levels - from stocks - our allies do the same and we achieve a lot of success.” In terms of cooperation in just knowing what we have."

She addressed the issue of supply, saying that "it means that the United States and its allies will cooperate in the production of systems and the extraction of critical minerals within their countries - such as rare earth minerals - which is another key area necessary to avoid supply chain disruptions."

And she said there's bipartisan support in Congress for a lot of the things we've asked for in terms of more flexibility -- not just in terms of acquisitions, but the core investments that we're making in the defense industrial base.
  Source: Middle East News Agency