We are in favor of Russia playing an important role in international and regional affairs and to achieve that we will surely support you.

 

March 24, 2010 (Hamsayeh.Net) - Russian Prime Minister Vladmir Putin met Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping during official visit to Beijing this week.

 

Following his talks with Chinese official Putin said his country seeks China’s help and support for Russia’s future plan of playing a more active role in global affairs.

 

Putin said he considers China as a truly strategic partner to counter a unilateral trend normally practiced by others. ‘China is a strategic partner in the full sense of the world, and we have always supported China on the most sensitive issues, including the Taiwan problem,’ Putin said.

 

The issue surrounding Taiwan has been brought to world’s attention recently when the United States signed a country-to-country military contract worth over 6 billion euro with the island earlier. China considers Taiwan as an integral part of its territory and the signing of the contract between the US and Taiwan has strained relationship with Washington.

 

The Chinese Vice President Xi also reiterated his support for a multi-polar world saying China and Russia should in the future facilitate the establishment of a multi-polar world and democratization of international relations. The Chinese Vice President added, ‘We are in favor of Russia playing an important role in international and regional affairs and to achieve that we will surely support you.’

 

The United States is also at loggerheads with Moscow on several important points. One of the most pressing problems for Moscow is the NATO’s ever-growing expansion close to Russia’s borders.

 

The US has established military basis all around the country, thus enabling Washington to exert political pressures on Moscow from all directions.