Russia and China said on Friday they oppose what they described as Western efforts to militarise the Asia-Pacific region, vowing closer coordination with Southeast Asian countries to address emerging security challenges.
In a statement, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko met Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong in Beijing, where both sides criticised plans to deploy NATO-standard military infrastructure in the region and attempts to impose so-called Indo-Pacific strategies.
Moscow and Beijing said they aim to strengthen cooperation with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations amid what they called the growing spread of selective military and political alliances.
The talks also covered regional developments in Myanmar, Afghanistan, the Korean Peninsula and northeast Asia, as well as broader bilateral cooperation.
A separate meeting on Thursday between Rudenko and Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Bin focused on China-Russia ties and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation affairs. China’s Foreign Ministry said both sides agreed relations continued to gain momentum in 2025 under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping and President Vladimir Putin.
Russia estimates bilateral trade with China will exceed $220 billion in 2025, a relationship that has drawn criticism from Western countries since the start of the Ukraine war in 2022.
U.S. President Donald Trump said late on Saturday he would hold off on a fresh attack on Iran as long as a deal could be reached quickly to halt Iran'...
Two firefighting helicopters collided while battling a major wildfire in Greece on Sunday, as emergency crews fought to contain blazes that have destr...
A deadly mass crossing from Morocco has placed renewed attention on Ceuta, a small Spanish territory on the North African coast that serves as one of ...
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U.S. President Donald Trump said late on Saturday he would hold off on a fresh attack on Iran as long as a deal could be reached quickly to halt Iran's nuclear ambitions and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Yemen's Houthi-run maritime coordination body on Saturday denied reports that it planned to charge commercial ships transiting the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. It said no such decision had been made and that passage through the strategic waterway remains free.
Apple Pay has launched in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, expanding digital payment services across Central Asia and supporting the region's shift towards cashless transactions.
Wildfires driven by strong winds spread across several parts of Greece on Saturday, including areas near Athens. Large-scale firefighting efforts and emergency evacuations were underway as wildfire conditions also deteriorated in parts of Spain and France.
Two firefighting helicopters collided while battling a major wildfire in Greece on Sunday, as emergency crews fought to contain blazes that have destroyed more than 100 homes northwest of Athens.
A deadly mass crossing from Morocco has placed renewed attention on Ceuta, a small Spanish territory on the North African coast that serves as one of the European Union’s most politically sensitive external borders.
Hungary is facing five critical days as record-low water levels in the Danube force the country’s only nuclear power plant to shut down for the first time in more than four decades, Prime Minister Péter Magyar said on Sunday.
The death toll from the migration crisis in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta has risen to 72, while more than 48,300 migrants have returned to Morocco, Spanish public broadcaster RTVE reported Sunday.
Wildfires burning across more than 250,000 acres (around 1,011 square kilometres) in Washington state have prompted evacuations and widespread power outages, with officials warning that high winds and extreme heat are making firefighting efforts more difficult.
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