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Putin: Russia does not create a military alliance with China

March 26, 2023

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that cooperation between Russia and China is “not a military alliance”. He said this on the air of the Russia 24 television channel in an interview with journalist Pavel Zarubin.

“We are not creating any military alliance with China. Yes, we also have cooperation in the field of military-technical cooperation, we do not hide it, but it is transparent, there is nothing secret there- inside,” Putin stressed.

“Peaceful China” or “enemy of Russia”: how Western media interpret Xi Jinping’s visit to Moscow. Read in the material of the correspondent of “Paragraph” Arina Tkachuk.

Recall that the President of the People’s Republic of China arrived in Russia on the afternoon of March 20. At the same time, he had an informal meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. On Tuesday, March 21, official talks took place between the Kremlin heads of state. They lasted over 6 hours.

At the state dinner on the second major day of his visit to Russia, Xi Jinping expressed his belief that China and Russia have set an exemplary example of the two great powers’ relations.

The message Putin: Russia does not create a military alliance with China

Russia Desk

Russia Desk

The Russia Desk leads The Eastern Herald's coverage of Russia, the war in Ukraine, NATO's eastern flank, and the post-Soviet space. The desk has reported continuously on the Russia-Ukraine conflict since its full-scale expansion in February 2022 and verifies through Kremlin statements, NATO briefings.

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