Posted on 08/17/2007 6:53:09 AM PDT by pissant
Russia and China today carried out joint war games after both had warned the US not to interfere in central Asia. Some 6,000 troops and hundred of armoured vehicles and fighter jets took part in military manoeuvres in the Ural mountains watched by the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao.
The two men, as well as the leaders of a clutch of former Soviet central Asian republics, had taken part in yesterday's regional summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
The meeting concluded with a thinly veiled warning to the US to keep away from the energy-rich and strategic region. It released a statement saying: "Stability and security in central Asia are best ensured primarily through efforts taken by the nations of the region on the basis of the existing regional associations." Without mentioning the US directly, Mr Putin called for a "multipolar" world order. "Any attempts to solve global and regional problems unilaterally are hopeless," he said.
Mr Hu said: "The SCO nations have a clear understanding of the threats faced by the region and thus must ensure their security themselves."
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You know, honestly, is this really, really, anything new?
Both these countries governments have been our enemies(adversaries) for over sixty years...to think anything different is naive.
Sure Russia imploded after Cold War I but like Germany after WWI they have regrouped, and rekindled the old hatreds...thus begins CW II... Fine by me.
I’m keeping an eye on those two.
After the crumbling of the SU in CWI the Russian Federation will further crumble after CWII. In the long term the Russians are fooling themselves (or they have no other choice) if they think the Chinese are their friends. China has appettite for Russias Far East.
The Chinese will have it one way or the other...because they won't survive without it.
Ping!
Errors out of Russia...
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