Russia wins China's backing in NATO showdown over Ukraine
India Today
A meeting was held between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing in which it was decided that the US-led NATO military alliance should not admit new members.
Russia won China's backing in its showdown with the West over Ukraine on Friday, as Beijing agreed with Moscow that the US-led NATO military alliance should not admit new members.
The demand for NATO to stop expanding came after a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing that saw Putin hail the two countries' "dignified relationship".
In a long strategy document, Moscow and Beijing hit out at what they said was Washington's destabilising role in global security.
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"The parties oppose the further expansion of NATO and call on the North Atlantic Alliance to abandon the ideological approaches of the Cold War era," the document read, urging respect for the "sovereignty, security and interests of other countries."
The call echoes demands from Russia that have been at the centre of weeks of intensive negotiations between Moscow and the West, under the shadow of a potential conflict.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg hit back at the Russo-Chinese claims.
