From AFP:
Russia’s new President Dmitry Medvedev, winding up his first foreign trip, said Saturday the world could not ignore the joint voice of his country and China, and rejected criticism of the alliance.
Medvedev said it was symbolic that he picked China as his first destination outside the former Soviet Union. The two countries have been increasingly assertive as their economies grow on the back of rising exports.
“Russian-Chinese cooperation has today emerged as a key factor in international security, without which it is impossible for the international community to take major decisions,” Medvedev said at Peking University.
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