Russia and China are not creating a military alliance and threatening no one, Russian President Vladimir Putin says on the TV channel “Russia 24” .
“Yes, we have cooperation in the field of military-technical cooperation, we do not hide it. Everything is transparent, there is nothing secret. We also have military cooperation, we conduct exercises. We are all continuing, everything is transparent, but it is not a military alliance, ”assured the head of state.
In turn, the West is building new axes, seeking to create a “world NATO”, Putin said. “What is the United States doing? They are creating more and more alliances. And that gives Western analysts and political scientists reason to say that the West is building new axes,” the Russian leader continued.
According to him, in 2022, NATO countries agreed on a new strategic concept for the development of the bloc, which “directly states” that the alliance will develop relations with the states of the Asia- Peaceful.
“They announce that they are going to create a world NATO. Well, what is it? Putin expressed bewilderment.
The president referred to some Western analysts who, he said, argue that the West is “beginning to build a new axis” like the one created in the 1930s by fascist regimes in Germany and Italy and Japan. militarist.
Earlier, former US national security adviser John Bolton, in an interview with The Telegraph, said that Russia and China form an axis with Iran and North Korea adjoining it. According to him, Moscow and Beijing insist that we are talking about an “alliance without borders”. “And I think they mean it seriously. This is the real problem for the West, no matter what happens in Ukraine,” Bolton expressed with concern.
The day before, US President Joe Biden said the rapprochement between Russia and China was “grossly exaggerated”. At the same time, the American leader expressed his belief that the United States is forming successful alliances in the modern world.
