Vladimir Putin To Begin China Visit For World War II Commemoration And Bilateral Talks

[Purveyor]

Source: International Business Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to kick off a two-day visit to China during which he will hold a series of bilateral talks with Chinese leaders and also attend the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. Putin will meet Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday, 2 September, to discuss a range of issues, the Kremlin said. "They will mainly focus on issues of trade and economic cooperation," Putin's foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov told reporters.

Several regional, international and key economic issues are set to figure in the bilateral meeting with Putin indicating that the ties between the two countries are at a "historic peak". Embarking on his visit, the Russian president said: "Our two countries were allies in the fight against Nazism and Japanese militarism and bore the brunt of the aggression, and they not only withstood this battle, but won it, liberating enslaved peoples and bringing peace to the planet."

Stating that the "illegitimate sanctions imposed by certain Western countries" have not affected Sino-Russia ties, Putin added: "Our countries are consistently moving towards the creation of a strategic energy alliance. Both Moscow and Beijing are set to intensify our financial partnership, including mutual settlements in national currencies."

China will hold a massive military parade in which 12,000 troops, warplanes, tanks and artillery will take part in Beijing. On the sidelines of his China trip, the Russian leader will also meet the presidents of Venezuela, Laos and the Czech Republic. "Special attention will be paid to possible joint steps on stabilising prices in the global oil market, particularly in the context of cooperation between Russia and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)," Ushakov added.

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[nyabingi]

1. It's a shame that the parts of the Western world

that fought alongside the USSR and China during WWII are determined to provoke conflict with both of those countries now in 2015.

Obama's neo-con-infested State Department, still hellbent on securing "the New American Century", is pushing Russia and China closer together militarily as well as economically. We were no-shows at Russia's commemoration of victory over the Axis forces and we are going to skip going to China's as well. Looking at American history though, it's not surprising that we're behaving they way we still are towards these countries.

Prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, American officials praised the "reforms" being made by Hitler's Germany because attacking leftist, teachers and unions have always been treasured aspects of American government. It wasn't until Germany declared war on us (after we declared on Japan) that the US finally decided it best to help halt Germany's advance across Europe. Our real, undeclared enemy had always been Russia though, and that mentality still dominates US foreign policy - making Russia bow down to the West has been an obsession and the American people, conservative and liberal alike, have hardly raised a voice against the idea.

[Adrahil]

2. Yeah, the U.S. Should have never

Annexed Crimea or built built artificial military islands in the South China Sea.

Oh wait...