The Russian Interfax news agency reported that the Secretary-General of the Russian Security Council, Sergei Shoigu, informed Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi today (Tuesday) that the main task of Beijing and Moscow is to confront the “dual containment” policy pursued by the United States.
China is hosting Shoigu for security consultations in Beijing, at a time when the two countries are deepening their relations amid protests from the West.
Moscow and Beijing have expanded their military and defense cooperation since the Russian invasion of Ukraine about 3 years ago, as Chinese leader Xi Jinping is one of the most important allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin on the international scene, according to Agence France-Presse.
US President-elect, Donald Trump, threatens to impose broad customs duties on China and other countries, raising fears of a trade war. The United States sees China as its biggest competitor, and Russia as the biggest threat any country poses to it.
Shuiguo is expected to attend the China International Aviation and Space Expo this week, which is held every two years in the southern city of Zhuhai.
The advanced Russian stealth fighter, the Su-57, will perform a demonstration flight during the exhibition.
China presents itself as a neutral party in the Ukraine war, and denies supplying lethal weapons to either side, unlike the United States and other Western countries.
However, China remains a close political and economic ally of Russia, and NATO countries have described it as a “decisive” supporter of the war, which Beijing has never denounced.
Last month, the defense ministers of the two countries pledged to deepen cooperation between their armies.
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