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Military Leaders Sign Cooperation Document

CHINA-RUSSIA

Russia's TASS confirms that Russian Defence Minister Sergey shoigu and his Chinese counterpart Wei Fenghe signed a '2021-2025 military cooperation roadmap' in a videoconference earlier today.

  • The two men stated that "the solidarity between China and Russia is as strong as a mountain and friendship is unbreakable." The Chinese Defence Ministry issued a statement claiming that, "The two militaries will work together to comprehensively implement the important consensus reached by the heads of state of the two countries, continue to deepen strategic coordination and strengthen cooperation in strategic exercises and joint patrols, so as to make new contributions to safeguarding the core interests of the two countries and protecting international and regional security and stability,"
  • A closer military alliance between Moscow and Beijing will cause notable concern for the US and its allies. The Japanese Defence Minister Kishi Nobuo said to NHK earlier today that joint exercises between China and Russia counted as "demonstrative action toward Japan,"

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