Δευτέρα 26 Μαΐου 2014

Russia-China defense cooperation major factor for world security

Jorge Morales Pedraza

According to the Voice of Russia, cooperation of Russia's and China's defense ministries is an important factor for security in the region and the whole world, Russian President Vladimir Putin said after talks with China's President Xi Jinping.

"As far as military-technical cooperation contacts and contacts between defense ministries are concerned, such cooperation is a major factor for stability and security in the region and around the world," Putin said. He noted joint projects in civil aircraft building. "We have good prospects and good projects for creating a wide-body plane and heavy civilian helicopter," Putin said. Cooperation in the automobile industry was developing well, too, he said.


"We shall be expanding financial infrastructures. Active work is underway to expand mutual settlements in the national currencies. We shall give thought to new instruments in the financial sphere," he added, TASS reports.

Russia and China intend to raise their trade and business ties to a qualitatively new level as the two countries continue to boost their bilateral trade, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at negotiations with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Shanghai on Tuesday. "Our countries have accomplished an enormous amount of joint work to reach this new historic landmark - a comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation. China has gained a firm foothold as our main trade partner," the Russian president said. Mutual trade between Russia and China grew by 2% to $90 billion in 2013 year-on-year, he said. This positive tendency has persisted, and the two countries' trade increased by more than 2% in the first quarter of 2014, Putin said.


"If we manage to maintain this pace, the level of bilateral trade will reach $100 billion by 2015, and we will go on further confidently," he said. "At the same time, we hope that the growth of quantitative indicators will be accompanied by qualitative changes in our trade and economic ties," Putin said.


Our cooperation on the platform of the UN and other international organizations is becoming increasingly important. And we will continue to contribute to the development of regional ties, including within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization," the Russian leader said.


Russia and China are resolved to resist the interference in internal affairs of other states urging to give up the language unilateral sanctions, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping said in a joint statement following their talks in Shanghai. Russia and China also called for giving up funding or encouraging the activity aimed at changing the Constitutional order of other states. "The parties underscore the necessity to respect the historical heritage of countries, their cultural traditions, the independently chosen social and political system, the system of values and ways of development, and resist the interference in internal affairs of other states, giving up the language of unilateral sanctions, the organization of assistance, funding or encouraging the activity aimed at changing the constitutional order of another state or its involvement in any multi-party association or union," the document said.


The Russian and Chinese leaders call for "keeping the stability of international relations, peace and security at the regional and global levels, settling crises and disputes, fighting terrorism and cross border crime and resisting the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction."


The parties agree that countries and peoples are increasingly dependent on each other in the modern world amid the convergence of the economies and cultures of different states, according to the joint statement, TASS reports.


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