Russia, China Confirm Plans for Joint Military Exercises in 2005

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/02/01/chinagames.shtml

Russia and China will conduct their first ever joint military exercises in August or September to better coordinate the fight against terrorism, the AFX news agency reported, citing an article in the China Daily newspaper.

Russian First Deputy Defence Minister Alexander Belousov confirmed the war games during talks in Beijing, the newspaper said.

“We will hold our first joint command staff exercises with the Chinese army in August or September involving various forces to practice issues involving fighting our common enemy —- international terrorism,” he said.

In December, the Russian news agency Interfax said the exercises would be on Chinese territory and include the army, navy, air force units, and submarines.

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I would be nervous if I live in Taiwan or Chechnya. Looks like they are about to be "liberated" soon.

[The Backlash Cometh]

1. God love George Bush. Doing what no other president has been

able to do before him. Bring two previous enemies together for a mutual cause. <sniff> Don't he make you proud?

[TheLastMohican]

2. Joseph Stalin's quote

"The dogs of the same village usually bite each other relentlessly, but when the wolf comes they always get together to get at the wolf".

[JNelson6563]

3. Ah "terrorism"....

I don't think it's just to pick off weaker countries in their own regions. They are banding together, sorta like the EU. IMO it's reaction to our imperialist tendencies.

Julie

[spotbird]

5. Where are the terrorists who most concern them?

Hard to guess.

[JNelson6563]

8. America

Washington DC to be exact. ;-)

[spotbird]

4. This is a hoot.

Chimps soul mate hasn't been persuaded by the expert Russian speaking Condi to see things our way.

Seriously, a military alliance between these two sends a loud message to Chimp, don't fuck with Iran. Too bad the administration only makes outgoing calls so the message won't be heard.

[bemildred]

6. Update 2: Rosneft: China Not Involved in Yukos Buy

Russia's Rosneft state oil company said Wednesday it had received US$6 billion from China as prepayment for future crude supplies, but denied that the money was used to buy prized assets formerly owned by the beleaguered Yukos oil giant.

Rosneft said that it had signed an agreement with China to deliver 48.4 million metric tons of oil, equivalent to more than 350 million barrels, through 2010. It said in a statement that the prepayment was "unrelated" to Rosneft's purchase of an obscure company that had bought Yukos' core production unit, Yuganskneftegaz, at a controversial government auction.

Russia's Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said Tuesday that a group of banks, including China's Eximbank, had loaned state-run Vnesheconombank US$6 billion (euro4.6 billion) and that money had been transferred to Rosneft.

Rosneft denied what it described as Kudrin's claim that the money from China had been used to finance its purchase of Yuganskneftegaz.

http://www.forbes.com/business/energy/feeds/ap/2005/02/02/ap1799132.html

[bemildred]

7. Russia, China launch consultations on security problems

MOSCOW. Feb 2 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he is satisfied with intensive and rapidly developing relations with China in the political, economic, security and military spheres.

During talks with Chinese State Council member Tang Jiaxiuan on Wednesday, Putin said that plans to launch bilateral security consultations are being implemented.

Tan Jiaxiuan said that this is the first experience for China in creating "a mechanism of consultations with foreign countries on matters of security."

http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/0/28.html?id_issue=10745487

[readmylips]

9. Little bush's Vision is stunning....

he's a real uniter...Uniting the world against our country. Those religious christians must be praying night and day, and sticking to just reading the Bible. Don't seem they're reading anything else around them. The blind sailing our country down Niagara Falls. My apologies to the blind.

[flamingpie2500]

10. All this and the fact that Putin is regressing into a dictatorship--

VERY disturbing.
It will all boil down to OIL again!! IMHO

[NNN0LHI]

13. In case you haven't noticed the USA has turned into a one party system

That used to be one of the indicators of a country which was considered a dictatorship. Welcome to the USSR.

Don

[DownNotOut]

11. Good thing someone

is in a postion to stand up to *'s imperialist oppression of the world. America will feel the heavy hand and back off if they know whats good for them.


DownNotOut

[VegasWolf]

12. Hell, if I were Russia, I would suck up to the massively economic

powerhouse of the world, China, also. Combine
that with a Venezuelan contract for oil and the US is
toast.