Russia, China Announce
Partnership To Counter US
By Babu Ghanta
Special Correspondent
India Daily.com
2-8-5

Tang Jiaxuan, a member of China's State Council, said Russia and China
have similar positions on regional and global issues. Tang said Moscow
is Beijing's key ally in its effort to maintain a strategic
partnership.

Sources say, Russia and China have formally joined hands to stop
expanding American and European military as well as economic global
influences.

The strategic partnership can be very significant in providing a
combined counter effect to the only Super Power of the world -
America.

The partnership between China and Russia actually started last year
just after the start of the Iraq war. The two countries came close to
each other in terms of supporting each other. Russia now provides
significant amount of China's energy needs. China now provides
financial guarantee and loan to Russia without announcing the same
explicitly.

Russian and Chinese military are having secret joint sessions to
create the strategy of self defense in case of any invasion from other
countries.

In the front of fight against terrorism, Russia and China has also
formed an alliance. China and Russia both are concerned about Islamic
militants in Chechnya as well Chinese Muslim areas in South West
China.

China's creation of a mechanism to consult with Russia on security
issues marks the first time China has ever entered into such a
venture, a senior Chinese official visiting the Kremlin said.

China secretly loaned Russia US Dollar 6.0 Billion to nationalize the
Yukos oil company.

International think tanks suggest that soon Russia-China strategic
partnership will form a NATO type military and G7 type economic
alliance. India and Brazil will be invited to join the alliance.

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