Russia Seeks to Balance Ties With US, China: Official

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Oberchuk has said that Moscow will try to balance Washington-Beijing relations.

According to a senior Russian official, the Kremlin is trying to balance its relationship with the United States, along with its military and economic partnership with communist China.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Oberchuk made his speech in a speech at the Boer Forum in Hainan Province, China on March 27th.

“Regarding relations between Russia, China and the US, the translation of the comments originally reported by Bloomberg should not develop relations with other countries.

Overchuk added that Moscow was eager to work with Beijing to implement and expand the strategic contract signed by two authorities in 2023.

The contract filed a comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Russia, effectively leading the two countries to an alliance. As part of the agreement, Moscow and Beijing deepened economic, diplomatic and military ties, including increasing joint military exercises around the world.

The agreement was at least partially intended to undermine US hegemony in international affairs. A day before the signing, Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged that China and Russia would create a “.Multipolar World Order“Replaces the current ‘rules’ of the US-led international order.

China’s state media said Overchuk also expressed hope that the strategic partnership will reach new heights in the coming years as the two powers continued to entangle their future.

Similarly, Overchuk said Russia was able to resist the forces of Western sanctions over the war with Ukraine in order to fill the void by significantly expanding its purchases of Russian energy and other goods.

China’s deputy prime minister, Prime Minister Din Shukshun, is a senior official on the Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Political Bureau, and has already met with Oberchuk twice this year, saying the two will continue to develop relations between the government.

Oberchuk agreed with the sentiment and said he would continue to seek ways to expand cooperation with China.

“The two countries have a desire to explore opportunities to expand these ties as they are experiencing external pressure,” Oberchuk said. “And of course, we are working together to find ways to improve the standard of living for the people in our country.”

The comment is as Moscow is trying to resume economic and diplomatic ties with the new Washington administration and discourage the shipment of American and Alliance weapons to Ukraine.

President Donald Trump has previously encouraged reconciliation with Russia, saying the US will fully reintegrate Russia and strive to make it into the global economic and diplomatic space.

Moscow’s unwilling approach to Trump’s efforts to end the war in Ukraine has attenuated these efforts, but Trump is threatening sanctions and tariffs against Russia if Eurasian power fails to fully comply with ceasefire efforts.

“Based on the fact that Russia is currently absolutely ‘spounding’ Ukraine on the battlefield, I am strongly considering massive bank sanctions, sanctions and tariffs against Russia until we reach a final settlement agreement on suspension and peace. Trump wrote about the true social in capital letters on March 7th.

Nevertheless, the Trump administration may be open to more integrated Russian and Chinese ideas as Washington aims to bring both powers to the table on other issues, such as military spending and nuclear proliferation.

“At some point, once things settle, I’m going to meet China, especially with two Russias. I’m going to say, ‘There’s no reason we’re going to spend almost a trillion dollars on the military,” Trump said last month.

How Washington manages the growing cooperation between Moscow and Beijing is an open question. The two powers have become increasingly hostile to the United States in recent years, working directly with North Korean communist authorities and Iran’s Islamic regime to undermine the interests of the US overseas.