China Advocates Further Development Of Strategic Cooperation With Russia

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July 31, 18:41

BEIJING, July 31. /ITAR-TASS/. China stands for further development of comprehensive strategic cooperation and partnership with Russia, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday.

He made the statement during a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. The two top diplomats unanimously agreed to “maintain close strategic contacts and coordinate activities” of the two countries.

As active members of the UN Security Council, China and Russia should maintain close contact on such international and regional issues as Afghanistan, the Korean nuclear problem, the Iranian nuclear program, and Ukraine in order to facilitate their resolution, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said.

Wang and Lavrov also noted the need to step up cooperation within the SCO and take further steps to advance the common interests of its member states.

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1. China and Russia

Two bastions of Democracy and human rights...

If only America could be more like them....



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All joking aside.... China cozies up to Russia is for one reason only: Japan.

They have a dispute with Japan when it comes to territory and they're still pissed about WW2. The US sides with Japan and is legally obligated to defend Japan. China doesn't stand a chance against a combined US/Japan alliance. They know this.

This doesn't sit well with China so they will do everything they can to oppose that alliance and that means working closely with Russia.

It's actually pretty simple.