China, Russia more than just good neighbors: newspaper
20/3/2006 15:07
An article published on China's leading English newspaper, the China
Daily, today has said that Russia, as China's important neighbor, has long been
the priority of Chinese decision-makers in their working out of China's
diplomatic policy.
"The Chinese government, acting on the principles of
promoting international peace and expanding overseas cooperation, has managed to
elevate China-Russia relations to ever higher levels", the newspaper said upon
Russian President Vladimir Putin's China visit on Tuesday.
The article
pointed out that effective cooperation between China and Russia in the fields of
world security and crisis and emergencies handling indicates that the
Sino-Russian strategic partnership has become an important factor in ushering in
a multinational framework of world politics and bringing equality into
international relations.
The article also noted that regional cooperation is
another important aspect in the Sino-Russian strategic partnership, adding that
the seed blossomed into the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in June 2001,
which introduced a new model for regional cooperation in the post-Cold War
world.
"What is more, China and Russia are indispensable to preventing the
nuclear crisis on the Korean Peninsula from deteriorating again and to the final
settlement of the issue," the article added.
"Strategic cooperation between
the two countries globally, regionally and bilaterally enjoy still wider
prospects," the newspaper stressed.
In addition, the article also highlighted
that the prospects of cooperation in the field of energy resources supply and
demand are expected to increase strategic interdependence.
"Also, exchanges
in defence technology and coordination of military acts are of great
significance," the article added.
The newspaper stressed that China-Russia
strategic cooperation is not directed against any third party and this is
determined by the non-alignment nature of their relationship and by the policy
target of the two countries, which is aimed at mutual benefit for all members of
the international community.
"This is also determined by their intentions to
safeguard world peace and international norms, and by their need to have
peaceful international environment favorable to their overall development,
economic progress in particular," the article noted.
Xinhua
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