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 by AFP Staff Writers Moscow (AFP) June 28, 2021
The leaders of China and Russia on Monday announced the extension of a 20-year-old friendship treaty, hailing increasingly close ties and the "stabilising role" of their relationship. The Kremlin published a joint statement from Russia and China to mark two decades since the treaty was signed, as Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping held a televised meeting by video link. The past several years have marked a period of intensified cooperation for Moscow and Beijing as the two global powers face common tensions with the United States. The two countries have developed economic, military and energy ties while supporting each other on a number of issues, especially when faced with criticism from the West. Putin said the friendship treaty has brought relations to an "unprecedented height" and that in February 2022 it will be extended for another five years. He hailed the accord -- which he signed in 2001 with China's former president Jiang Zemin -- as a "fundamental international legal document" and said that Russia-China cooperation "plays a stabilising role in global affairs". "As the world has entered a period of turbulence and change, and humanity faces various risks, close Sino-Russian cooperation brings positive energy to the international community," Xi said, according to a transcript released by the Kremlin. He said relations between Russia and China "set an example for the formation of a new type of international relations".
U.S., Australia, Japan complete Exercise Southern Jackaroo; USS Ross deploys to Black Sea Washington DC (UPI) Jun 25, 2021 Exercise Southern Jackaroo, with troops from the United States, Japan and Australia, ended successfully in Australia's Outback, the U.S. Marine Corps said on Friday. The Marines, Australian Army and Japan Ground self-Defense Force met for a two-week "tangible demonstration of multinational interoperability, where the forces worked through logistical and cultural challenges that tested the ability of each of the militaries to mutually support one another," said Corps said in a press release. ... read more
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