Global Times: China and Russia’s armed forces will not allow US to replicate Ukraine crisis in Asia-Pacific

The armed forces of China and Russia will continue to develop cooperation and promote stability in the region, they will not allow the US to reproduce the Ukrainian crisis in the Asia-Pacific region, the Global Times newspaper cited Chinese military experts as saying.

Earlier, the Russian Defence Ministry said that Russia and China conducted joint air patrols in the Asia-Pacific region, it was conducted in accordance with international law and was not directed against third countries. Russian Air Force planes landed for the first time at a Chinese airfield as part of the patrol with the Chinese Air Force, while Chinese planes landed at a Russian airfield.

“China and Russia are expected to deepen similar military cooperation in the future and as they are not targeting any other country or third party, they will contribute to peace and stability in the region and the world at a time of uncertainty as the US tries to replicate the Ukraine crisis in the Asia-Pacific region with hot topics such as the Taiwan issue, the South China Sea issue and the Korean Peninsula issue,” the newspaper quoted one expert as saying.

It noted that the exchange of visits of military planes to airfields in each other’s territories and the increase in the frequency of joint patrols from once a year to twice a year indicate a further growth of high-level military cooperation and mutual trust between China and Russia.

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