... the one hand, communication is a favourable tool for strengthening partnerships with the Chinese. Chinese culture, including diplomatic culture, pays more attention to words and images than, for example, American culture. China’s foreign policy discourse is filled with elegant formulations that can be perceived as signals of Beijing’s non-confrontational intentions. China characterizes its dialogue with Russia as interaction between great powers of a “new type”, “relations of comprehensive ...
... Strategic Cooperation to Ensure Security in Afghanistan Following U.S. Withdrawal. RIAC Report
In the present circumstances, the situation can unfold in several different ways, and each scenario can reshape the existing terrorist threats and risks for the SCO and CIS region in some manner.
The first scenario can be described as moderately optimistic. Many countries, particularly and primarily most SCO members, have already de facto accepted the need for constructive engagement with the Taliban government ...
... Russian Federation to Azerbaijan; Elshad Iskandarov, Ambassador-at-Large of Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry; RIAC Director General Ivan Timofeev and AIR Center Chairman Farid Shafiyev. The speakers pointed out the positive trend in the development of Moscow–Baku relations, their resilience amid increasing conflict in international relations at the global level and in the regional dimension. Furthermore, both countries see considerable and progressive pace at which their scope of engagement deepens ...
... motivations behind the planned trip.
Andrey Kortunov:
More Advanced Collaboration Expected in 2024 China-Russia Ties
First,
courtesy
. In March of 2023, after he had been reelected as 7
th
Chairman of the People's Republic of China, XI Jinping chose Moscow as his first foreign destination. This decision was duly appreciated by everyone in Russia, including even those who do not follow international affairs. Vladimir Putin was reelected as 3
rd
President of the Russian Federation in March of this year ...
... International Studies at Fudan University Report #87 / 2023
The ninth annual report “Russian-Chinese Dialogue: The 2023 Model” analyzes Russia–China relations from the second and fourth quarters of 2022 to the first quarter of 2023. During this period, Moscow–Beijing relations were significantly affected by the external environment; namely, state tendencies towards escalating confrontation. This report focuses on Russia and China’s place in the changing world order and the possible opportunities these ...
... regional and internation security issues. Mr. Athar Javed shared his understanding of Pakistan’s and Russia’s common interests in South Asia, elaborating on the possible modalities of cooperation between the two countries within the framework of the SCO.
— Mister Mohammad Athar Javed, could you please elaborate on three strategic spheres of Russian–Pakistani cooperation?
— Number one is energy. Number two is people-to-people contacts. Military cooperation comes third.
— What are the crossing ...
... International Affairs Council, sees new opportunities to be seized. Deepening India-Russia business engagement is one, and the SCO as a constructive and accommodating force is another.
K.A. Dhananjay
from Gateway House spoke to Timofeev who visited Mumbai ... ... Western sanctions against Russia is quite huge and we should not dismiss the long-term damage. A number of sectors in the Russian economy have suffered due to the unprecedented unilateral sanctions, like the financial sector, energy, infrastructure, and high ...
... Russian and Chinese international affairs experts on the development of Russia-China cooperation in 2021 and the first quarter of 2022.
That was the period when international environment and increasing global confrontation significantly influenced Moscow— Beijing relations. The authors of the report concentrate on how recent international events influence Russia’s and China’s positions in Eurasia, the prospects of and conditions for the regional development. The report also traditionally looks ...
... during the visit of Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to New Delhi in April and of External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to Moscow in July as well as other ministerial visits and interactions between the national security advisers. An agreed approach on ... ... strengthened in the future particularly in the four vital pillars of defence, space, civil nuclear cooperation and energy, and economy. The convening of the first-ever meeting of the defence and foreign ministers under the 2+2 mechanism timed to precede ...
... on May 9, Stalin wanted to commemorate the victory with a military parade. On June 22, 1945, he ordered, "In commemoration of the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War, I appoint to hold the parade of the regular Army, Navy and the Moscow garrison — Victory Parade June 24, 1945, in Moscow's Red Square." President Putin had originally planned a major celebration, inviting world leaders from all over the world, such as French President Emmanuel Macron, Chinese President Xi Jinping....
