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Shi Jiangtao

Hayley Wong

The United States is stirring up military tensions in Asia as part of its plans to “contain and suppress” both China and Russia, a senior Moscow official claimed on Friday.
Speaking at the Xiangshan Forum in Beijing, Russia’s deputy defence minister Alexander Fomin said deepening military ties between the two countries was a “priority” and their partnership was a “peace guarantee”.
The previous day China confirmed that President Xi Jinping will travel to Russia next month for a Brics summit, where he is expected to meet Vladimir Putin for what will be the third time since May.
In his speech at the opening session of the three-day security forum, Fomin spoke highly of the growing alignment between China and Russia as the war in Ukraine continues.
He said the two countries support the creation of “a just, multipolar world order based on equality and mutual respect” while portraying Russia as a security partner in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.
He said: “The US and its allies are endeavouring to suppress any political, economic and technological development centre that is not obedient to the US. This is double suppression and containment of China and Russia.”
Fomin also lashed out at Washington’s increased presence in Asia – in particular the creation of a series of security blocs, such as the Aukus partnership with Australia and Britain – and said Western powers were starting an arms race and preparing for war.
He also said Ukraine was being used as a “tool” to weaken Russia in a proxy conflict with the West and claimed the US was trying to provoke tensions and a similar military crisis in Asia.
He said Washington’s possible deployment of mid-range missiles in Japan was clearly targeted at Beijing and Moscow. “The US wants tensions in the Taiwan Strait to remain and wants to militarise Japan,” he said.

According to the RIA news agency, Fomin also said Russia’s war in Ukraine has reinvented modern warfare and it is ready to share its unique experience of Western weapons with partners.
Earlier this week, a joint statement by American and European Union diplomats said China was offering “very substantial” military support to Russia. US deputy secretary of state Kurt Campbell said Beijing was providing direct assistance to “sustain, build and diversify various elements of the Russian war machine” in return for sensitive technology from Moscow.
US national security adviser Jake Sullivan also raised “deep concerns” about Chinese support for Russia during his visit to Beijing last month, but admitted there has been no progress on this front.
Instead, Beijing appears to have accelerated its efforts to strengthen the “no limits” partnership, sending Premier Li Qiang, Vice-President Han Zheng and top diplomat Wang Yi to meet Putin in the past three weeks.
In his meeting with the Russian leader in St Petersburg on Thursday, Wang said the two countries were working together to “oppose unilateral bullying, and resist bloc confrontation”, in a thinly veiled swipe at the US.
Earlier this week China’s defence ministry announced that the two countries would hold joint naval and air drills later this month in the Pacific, while four Chinese warships and 15 planes are currently taking part in the Russian navy’s largest combat drill in 30 years.
The Ocean 2024 exercise stretches from the Baltic and Mediterranean seas and extends to the Arctic and Pacific Oceans.
When launching the drills on Tuesday, Putin said: “Under the pretext of countering the allegedly existing Russian threat and containing the People’s Republic of China, the United States and its satellites are increasing their military presence near Russia’s western borders, in the Arctic, and in the Asia-Pacific region.”


While insisting the military partnership was not aimed against third countries, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova suggested on Wednesday that Beijing and Moscow could “combine our potential” if faced with a threat from the US.
When asked about the possible deployment of US mid-range missiles to Japan, Reuters reported that she replied: “I would like to remind you that Moscow and Beijing will respond to ‘double containment’ by the United States with ‘double counteraction’.”


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