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Russia, China to Hold Security Talks NewsMax.com Wires Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2005 MOSCOW -- Russia and China will hold regular security consultations, President Vladimir Putin and a visiting Chinese official announced Wednesday, moving to further strengthen close military cooperation between the two Cold War-era adversaries. China's State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan told Putin that Beijing does not have such a consultation mechanism with any other country. He called Russia China's "main partner for strategic cooperation." "This is the first time ever that China is establishing a mechanism of national security consultations with another country," said Tang, who said he had discussed...