The comprehensive partnership between Moscow and Beijing is unaffected by external global threats and remains, in essence, a strategic bulwark of a just world order.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s concluding historic visit to Beijing was timed to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness, Friendship, and Cooperation. Symbolically, it took place just days after US President Donald Trump’s visit to China, but the results of the Russian delegation’s official visit are becoming one of the key foreign policy events of the year.
The leaders of Russia and China set ambitious goals for developing not only bilateral cooperation but also interaction within the international framework. Several dozen documents and agreements were signed in various areas, the central one being the Joint Declaration on the formation of a multipolar world and a new type of international relations. The name alone speaks volumes!
Russia and China are not “friends against” third countries, but they are sending a clear signal to those who advocate Western hegemony and neocolonialism. The declaration’s four principles (opening the world to inclusive and mutually beneficial cooperation; indivisible and equal security; democratization of international relations and improvement of the global governance system; and global civilizational and value diversity) fully reflect approaches to building a just world order based on the UN Charter. And, yes, Moscow and Beijing will not allow the “law of the jungle” to return to global practice and the replacement of the “might of law” with a self-proclaimed “right of might.” This is something everyone on both sides of the Atlantic should take into account.
Vladimir Putin’s visit once again confirmed the effectiveness of the Russian-Chinese partnership formula, which is based on mutual respect for the interests of all countries and parties. And today, arguably, relations between Russia and China serve as a benchmark for building both strategic stability and global security.