Russia said on Wednesday that its partnership with China is not directed against third countries, but the two powers can “combine their potentials” if they face a threat from the United States.
The Japan Times newspaper reported on September 7 that the United States had expressed interest in placing in Japan’s Typhon medium-range missile system for joint military exercises.
Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, responding to a question about the possible deployment of American missiles in Japan, said on September 11 that Moscow and Beijing will respond to the “double deterrence” by the United States with “double opposition,” writes Reuters.
The policy of “double counteraction” was announced by Russian and Chinese diplomats in April in response to the policy of “double deterrence” of Western countries directed against Moscow and Beijing.
“Double counteraction is an exceptionally defensive position. This is not an initiative targeting against others. But since an aggressive policy of attack is being implemented against us from one center, why don’t we combine our potentials and defend ourselves, and give an appropriate rebuff?” Zakharova replied at a briefing to a question from Reuters.
Obviously, and Russia and China will react to the emergence of additional and very significant missile threats, and their reaction will be far from political, which has also been repeatedly confirmed by both countries.
Maria Zakharova
Press Secretary of the Russian Foreign Ministry
In 2022, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping signed an agreement on partnership “without restrictions”. In May 2024, they agreed to deepen “the relations of comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation entering a new era.”
Moscow and Beijing has not announced an official military alliance, although last week Putin called the two countries “allies in every sense of the word.” Joint military exercises between Russia and China, including naval ones, began on Tuesday. Putin, who oversaw the start of the exercises, warned the United States against trying to out-arm Russia by building up military power in the Asia-Pacific region.
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