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Strong China-Russia ties on show in Pacific patrol

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Strong China-Russia ties on show in Pacific patrol

Post by moonstone_laura » Thu May 26, 2022 12:13 pm

From 'South China Morning Post':

Flights by Russian and Chinese bombers near Japanese and South Korean air defence zones indicate the two powers will step up their military ties despite facing tension with the West over the ongoing Ukraine war, according to defence analysts.

Russia’s defence ministry said the joint patrol lasted 13 hours in the Sea of Japan, which South Korea calls the East Sea, and the East China Sea and involved Russian Tu-95 strategic bombers and Chinese Xian H-6 bombers.

Japanese and South Korean air force planes shadowed the Russian and Chinese aircraft for part of the exercise, it said. US officials said the bombers flew over the Sea of Japan early on Tuesday and continued south towards the East China and Philippine seas.

It was the first joint military patrol held by China and Russia since Moscow invaded Ukraine on February 24.

Chinese defence ministry spokesman Wu Qian said the patrol was routine, held for the fourth time since 2019, and was not aimed at any third party or “current international and regional situation”.

“The purpose is to test and enhance the level of cooperation between the air forces of the two countries and promote strategic mutual trust and practical cooperation between the two militaries,” Wu said.

The patrols came hours after US President Joe Biden angered China by saying the US would defend Taiwan militarily if the island came under attack by mainland China. US officials, including Biden, later walked that back, saying US policies towards Taiwan had not changed.

US State Department spokesman Ned Price said the China-Russia exercise was likely to have been planned well in advance and showed that the “no-limits” strategic partnership Beijing and Moscow declared weeks before the Ukraine invasion was “quite alive and well”.

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