“The (both) parties are very concerned about the growing strengthening of ties between NATO and the countries of the Asia-Pacific region on military and security issues,” said MM. Putin and Xi Jinping, accusing the Atlantic Alliance of “undermining peace and regional stability”.
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Moscow and Beijing “are against the formation of exclusive closed blocs in the Asia-Pacific region”, they underlined, denouncing “the negative influence of the strategy of the United States guided by a Cold War mentality ( …) on peace and stability in this region”.
Russia and China also expressed their “strong concern” over possible “consequences and risks for strategic stability in the Asia-Pacific region” due to the plans of the alliance between the United States, the Australia and the United Kingdom (AUKUS) to build nuclear submarines.
Moscow and Beijing “resolutely call on the members of this partnership to strictly fulfill their commitments on non-proliferation (…) and support regional peace”, they declared.
“Russia and China express concern over the intensification of United States activities aimed at creating a global missile defense system and deploying its elements in various regions of the world, combined with an increase in non-weapon weapons capability. high-precision nuclear weapons,” they also said.