Russia, China denounce U.S. plans for global missile defense

[North Pole Resident]

This is trully historic statement. I just wonder how would Western media spin it?.....



BEIJING, May 23 (RIA Novosti) - The presidents of Russia and China denounced in a joint statement on Friday U.S. moves to establish a global missile defense system, saying the plans threaten the global strategic balance.

The declaration is one of several signed after talks between Russia's Dmitry Medvedev and China's Hu Jintao in Beijing.
"The parties believe that the construction of a global missile defense system, including the deployment of such a system in some regions of the world... does not contribute to maintaining a strategic balance and stability, and runs counter to international efforts to control arms and non-proliferation," the declaration said.

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China, Russia sign joint communique


May 23, 2008
BEIJING. Signature of bilateral documents. With President of China Hu Jintao after signing a joint Russian-Chinese declaration on key international issues.

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[cnredd]

"Ve vill complete der pipeline and choo vill help mother Russia"

"You no missiles at us!...You make us friend make you money!!!"

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Originally Posted by cnredd

"Ve vill complete der pipeline and choo vill help mother Russia"

"Ve vill"? "Der pipeline"?

It look like you are trying to make it sound in German.

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Medvedev says Russia-China force to be reckoned with




24 May 2008

BEIJING - Russia's new President Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday that the world could not ignore the joint voice of his country and China, even if their alliance was facing criticism.
Medvedev was in Beijing as part of his first foreign trip since taking office. The two countries have increasingly coordinated positions at the United Nations on a range of international issues.
"Russian-Chinese cooperation has today emerged as a key factor in international security, without which it is impossible for the international community to take major decisions," Medvedev told students at Peking University.

"Maybe not everybody likes the strategic cooperation between our two countries, but we understand that this cooperation is in the interest of our people and we will boost it whether or not it pleases some people," he said.

A day earlier, Medvedev and Chinese President Hu Jintao in a joint statement denounced US plans to build a global missile defence shield.
Russia has been outraged by US plans to build the shield in Poland and the Czech Republic, former Soviet bloc countries in Eastern Europe. Russia and China have also been uneasy about US-Japanese cooperation on a missile shield.
Medvedev was winding up his first trip as president after stopping in energy-rich Kazakhstan, a former Soviet republic.
Since taking office, Medvedev has refrained from openly assailing the West in the style of his mentor and predecessor Putin, who remains highly influential in the prime minister's post.
China and Russia are veto-wielding permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, where they have been coordinating their positions on controversial issues such as the Iranian nuclear issue and Kosovan independence, which they both oppose.

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