Russia, China do not pursue aim of creating military union – Lavrov

15:44, 6 April, 2021

YEREVAN, APRIL 6, ARMENPRESS. Relations between Russia and China are at a high level of mutual trust, but the two countries have no plans for creating a military union, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told a news conference following talks with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.

“Russian-Chinese relations have achieved the best level in history, but these relations do not pursue the aim of creating a military alliance”, he said.

Lavrov drew attention to current speculations “about military unions not only in connection with Russian-Chinese relations”.

“There have been speculations about pushing ahead with projects for creating a Middle Eastern equivalent of NATO. Lately, some have begun to discuss an ‘Asian NATO’,” he explained.

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