Beijing is eager to prevent its close military links with Moscow from restricting future interactions with the US. Read more at straitstimes.com.
He also expressed solidarity with Russia in standing up to those who resort to “sanctions and suppression”, another criticism of Western policies.He framed China’s military partnership with Russia as part of a more global cooperative trend rather than a unique alliance, as Russian officials like to portray their links with Beijing.
He avoided any mention of the “no-limits” friendship between Russia and China, a controversial term included in a document signed by President Xi and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the eve of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Instead, Gen Li confined himself to repeating boilerplate phrases about “advancing the China-Russia comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership in the new era”.
China’s Xinhua state news agency said in a brief statement at the end of Gen Li’s European tour that during his time in Moscow, he “exchanged views on China-Russia ties and military-to-military ties and cooperation”, but did not elaborate. He accused Western countries of seeking to scrap the security architecture in the Asia-Pacific region and create a military bloc resembling the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation , the US-led military alliance in Europe.
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