2024-09-12 23:28:21
The Russian-Chinese partnership is not directed against third countries, but Moscow and Beijing may join forces if faced with aggression. This was said today by the spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, quoted by Reuters.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping agreed in May to deepen what they called their “comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation” into the new era.
Russia and China will respond with a double countermeasure to the deployment by the US in Japan of medium-range and land-based missiles within the framework of the US dual deterrence strategy, Zakharova said at a press conference, quoted by TASS.
“Both Russia and China will react to the appearance of additional, and at the same time quite significant, missile threats, and not only politically, which has been repeatedly confirmed by both sides,” the spokeswoman pointed out and added: “No one should doubt that our country and China will not allow our national security and defense capabilities to be jeopardized as a result of the destructive actions of the U.S. I would like to recall in this context the Russian-Chinese agreement that was announced earlier by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that Moscow and Beijing will respond to the double restraint by the US with a double countermeasure.
Presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping signed an “unlimited” partnership agreement in 2022, less than three weeks before Putin ordered Russian troops to invade Ukraine. In May this year, the two agreed to deepen what they called “comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation” in the new era.
The two countries have not declared an official military alliance, although Putin described the relationship between them last week as “allies in every sense of the word”, writes BTA.
Russia and China are conducting joint military exercises, including naval maneuvers, which began yesterday. Putin, who launched the drills, warned the US against trying to show superiority over Moscow by boosting its military potential in the Asia-Pacific region.