Posted on 07/05/2005 10:40:39 PM PDT by Srirangan
MOSCOW - With Russia and China pledging to develop their partnership, investment and energy issues topped the agenda of their bilateral summit in the Russian capital. The countries also lashed out at perceived US unilateralism by issuing a declaration demanding a curb on outside interference in nations' internal affairs.
During his visit to Russia from June 30 to July 3, Chinese President Hu Jintao discussed ways to boost bilateral cooperation, including investment and the energy sector, and signed a declaration with President Vladimir Putin denouncing "monopoly and domination in international affairs" and calling for an end to "attempts to divide nations into leaders and those being led".
The "Declaration on the World Order in the 21st Century" did not mention the US directly, but it left little doubt that Washington was targeted. It said: "All countries of the world should strictly observe the principles of mutual respect of sovereignty and territorial integrity, mutual non-aggression and non-interference in each other's internal affairs." Russia and China agreed on the need to fight terrorism and said that double standards on the issue were unacceptable. Russia has often accused the West of having double standards in the "war against terror".
The leaders offered each other support in Moscow's war against separatist rebels in Chechnya and Beijing's efforts to assert control over Taiwan. Hu announced that the two sides had also discussed the promotion of stability in Central Asia, reform of the United Nations and "the nuclear problem of the Korean peninsula".
Russia and China = The axis of fascists
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Funny, I never saw you on the threads where Putin is calling on Europe to support Bush in Iraq...I even pinged you. Now, I wonder why you didn't show there???? /sarcasm
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