Russia to continue military cooperation
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June 7, 2012, Thursday
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PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin said yesterday that Russia would continue its military cooperation with China, including holding more joint exercises, following successful naval drills in April.
Putin referred to the Sino-Russian joint navy exercises in the Yellow Sea as an example of military cooperation which, he said, would go on.
"Recently joint navy exercises were held in the Yellow Sea, and they were the first of such exercises. We have agreed with President Hu Jintao that we will continue such cooperation," Putin told Vice President Xi Jinping in Beijing. He met Hu on Tuesday.
Chinese and Russian naval forces held six days of exercises in the Yellow Sea off China's east coast, with drills including anti-submarine operations and the rescue of hijacked vessels. China deployed 16 ships and two submarines while Russia sent four warships from its Pacific fleet.
"We assign an important role to the joint initiative on strengthening security in the Asia-Pacific region and in this context we will maintain the relationship between our militaries," Putin said in an earlier statement.
"We favor the formation of an open and equal-minded security and cooperation architecture in the region, based on the principles of international law," he said.
Putin's statement followed a United States announcement that it plans to shift most of its warships to the Asia-Pacific by 2020.
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said last Saturday that the US would reposition its fleet so that 60 percent of its battleships would be in the Asia-Pacific by the end of the decade, up from about 50 percent now.
He said the US Navy would maintain six aircraft carriers assigned to the Pacific.
Putin referred to the Sino-Russian joint navy exercises in the Yellow Sea as an example of military cooperation which, he said, would go on.
"Recently joint navy exercises were held in the Yellow Sea, and they were the first of such exercises. We have agreed with President Hu Jintao that we will continue such cooperation," Putin told Vice President Xi Jinping in Beijing. He met Hu on Tuesday.
Chinese and Russian naval forces held six days of exercises in the Yellow Sea off China's east coast, with drills including anti-submarine operations and the rescue of hijacked vessels. China deployed 16 ships and two submarines while Russia sent four warships from its Pacific fleet.
"We assign an important role to the joint initiative on strengthening security in the Asia-Pacific region and in this context we will maintain the relationship between our militaries," Putin said in an earlier statement.
"We favor the formation of an open and equal-minded security and cooperation architecture in the region, based on the principles of international law," he said.
Putin's statement followed a United States announcement that it plans to shift most of its warships to the Asia-Pacific by 2020.
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said last Saturday that the US would reposition its fleet so that 60 percent of its battleships would be in the Asia-Pacific by the end of the decade, up from about 50 percent now.
He said the US Navy would maintain six aircraft carriers assigned to the Pacific.
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