HONG KONG — The Chinese navy will hold joint exercises with Russia in the Mediterranean in May, China’s Defense Ministry said Thursday, a further indication of the closer ties between the two countries and of the navy’s increasing ambitions.
“The aim is to deepen both countries’ friendly and practical cooperation and increase our navies’ ability to jointly deal with maritime security threats,” Geng said.
With Russia’s isolation from the West over the crisis in Ukraine, and with China’s concern about a more intimate American-Japanese alliance, it suits President Xi Jinping of China and President Vladimir Putin of Russia to advertise their friendship, …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
