China has announced joint military exercises with Russia as part of exercises called North-Joint 2024, which are scheduled for September this year. The main goal of the exercises is to "deepen strategic coordination" between the two countries and strengthen their ability to "jointly respond to security threats."
"According to the annual plan and consensus between China and Russia, the Russian military will send naval and air forces to participate in China's Northern United-2024 exercises in the sea and air space associated with the Seas of Japan and Okhotsk in September. These exercises are aimed at deepening the level of strategic coordination between the Chinese and Russian forces and increasing their ability to jointly respond to security threats," the Chinese Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
In addition, according to the Chinese Ministry of Defense, “the navies of China and Russia will go to the respective waters of the Pacific Ocean to organize the fifth joint maritime patrol of both sides, and China will also participate in the Russian military strategic exercises Ocean-2024.
