5 hours agoChina, Russia Joint Military Exercise in Baltic
Periskopi(9 years ago)
(9 years ago)China and Russia began their joint military exercises today at the port of Balytysk, in the Baltic Sea, part of the most western Russian region of Kaliningrad, located among EU member states Poland and Lithuania. “is the first time in the history of Russian-Chinese relations that Chinese warships visit the Baltic Sea port“, the Russian Navy official said. [...]
China and Russia began their joint military exercises today at the port of Balytysk, in the Baltic Sea, part of the most western Russian region of Kaliningrad, located among EU member states Poland and Lithuania.
“It is the first time in the history of Russian-Chinese relations Chinese warships visit the Baltic Sea port“, said Russian fleet official Roman Martov, the DPA.
Over the past three years, Russia has strengthened ties with China, while having had to face the West over the conflict in Ukraine.
Russia and China are members of the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation, a Eurasian army and an economic and political bloc formed in 2001.
In recent years, Russia has increased its military activity in the Baltic region, provoking debate in Sweden and Finland over the issue of their joining the Western military alliance.
