Russia And China Released Joint Statement Pledge To Support And Cooperate With Each Other

Russia And China Released Joint Statement Pledge To Support And Cooperate With Each Other

In the face of escalating tensions with the West, Russia and China have issued a joint statement pledging to support and cooperate with one another.

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Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping of China met in Beijing ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics opening ceremony on Friday.

Both countries have issued statements, with China supporting Russia’s demands for a halt to NATO expansion and Russia supporting China’s claim to Taiwan control.

In a joint statement released Friday, February 4, Russia and China stated they “oppose further NATO enlargement” and urged the organization to “abandon its ideologized Cold War methods.”

“Friendship between the two States has no limits [and that] there are no ‘forbidden’ areas of cooperation,” says the statement, which puts in writing the deepening of diplomatic ties between the two major powers, amid military tensions at the Ukrainian border where Russia has amassed 100,000 troops.

The statement includes explicit references to the current issue but does not mention Ukraine (or the European Union).

“Russia and China stand against attempts by external forces to undermine security and stability in their common adjacent regions, intend to counter interference by outside forces in the internal affairs of sovereign countries under any pretext, oppose colour revolutions, and will increase cooperation in the aforementioned areas,” the document reads.

The US is chastised in the statement for the AUKUS alliance in the Indo-Pacific.

“The sides … remain highly vigilant about the negative impact of the United States’ Indo-Pacific strategy on peace and stability in the region,” the statement reads.

Moscow has stated that it opposes “any kind of Taiwanese independence.” The self-governing island is considered part of China’s territory.