Medvedev Says China, Russia to Play Key Role in World Security (even if other powers don't approve)

[Purveyor]

Source: Bloomberg News

By Lyubov Pronina and Henry Meyer

May 24 (Bloomberg) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said his country and China will work together to shape global security even if other powers don't approve.

Medvedev, speaking on the last day of a visit to China on his first foreign trip as president, said that the two neighbors have become ``a major factor of global security without which the main decisions in international cooperation are impossible.''

``I will say frankly that not everyone likes the strategic cooperation between our two nations but we understand that it's in the interests of our people and we'll strengthen it whether others like it or not,'' he told students at Beijing University today.

Medvedev's decision to visit Beijing on his inaugural foreign tour after becoming head of state on May 7 underscores China's value to Russian foreign policy as a counter-balance to the influence of the U.S. and western Europe. It also reflects China's growing importance to Russia economically, with bilateral trade estimated to rise to $80 billion by 2010.

The Russian president and his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, denounced U.S. plans to deploy a missile-defense system in eastern Europe, as the two leaders forged closer ties on trade and energy during talks yesterday.

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[Deja Q]

1. Well, I hope China can fix their QC before Russia buys too many tainted goods...

:shrug:

[jaysunb]

2. "The "uniter" has done it again........

more unintended consequences of this man (GWB)and the people responsible for him being in position to do this to the country.

This is not good...at all. :evilfrown:

[Deja Q]

3. SOme on the internet claim if the oil companies are taxed, they will leave the US too...

An amusing idea, if true.

:popcorn:

[unkachuck]

4. there it is....

....the real New World Order: Russia/China vs. USA, a tri-polar, bi-polar world....

....Russian strategic nuclear forces along with China's productive and financial might will form one pole and US corporations the other....Europe will become neutral as it increasingly depends on Russian energy....South America is coming together for South America, Africa is up for grabs and,

....the Middle East will be a basket-case for generations to come as Islam, modernity and the US slug it out for oil and power....and China's trillion dollar stash will be able to finance unlimited proxy wars around the globe making our defense contractors and war-mongers giddy with delight....

....and gee, what's in it for me? $15 a gallon gas? $10 loaf of bread?