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Purveyor

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Sun Mar 24, 2013, 05:26 PM Mar 2013

Chinese Leader Vows Stronger Military Ties With Russia

Source: RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, March 24 (RIA Novosti) – Newly-elected Chinese President Xi Jinping has affirmed that China and Russia will continue to strengthen and develop their military, political and strategic relations, including cooperation between their armed forces.

Xi Jinping, who is on a three-day visit to Russia – his first foreign visit since becoming Chinese president last week, met on Saturday with the Russian military leadership in the Russian Armed Forces' Operational Command Center.

He is the first foreign leader ever to be allowed inside the “heart” of the Russian military establishment.

“My visit to the Russian Defense Ministry is intended to confirm that military, political and strategic relations between the two countries will strengthen as will cooperation between the Armed Forces of China and Russia,” the Chinese president told Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

Read more: http://en.rian.ru/military_news/20130324/180213648/Chinese-Leader-Vows-Stronger-Military-Ties-With-Russia.html



Factor THAT into your warring 'crusades'...neocon bastards!
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Chinese Leader Vows Stronger Military Ties With Russia (Original Post) Purveyor Mar 2013 OP
never assume the cold war could never come back nt markiv Mar 2013 #1
never assume it ever went away. olddad56 Mar 2013 #2
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