“Many have desired turning China against the Soviet Union and Russia, and vice versa,” Putin said in televised remarks on Sunday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected suggestions that Moscow is becoming overly dependent on China on Sunday, just a few days after meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping.
“We are not creating any military alliance with China,” Putin said in televised remarks, “Yes, we have cooperation in the sphere of military-technical interaction. We are not hiding this,” according to Reuters.
Putin also said on Russian state television that views of those criticizing the economic ties between the two countries come from “jealous people.
