Russia reaf firmed support for the One-China principle and on the Taiwan issue while China joined Russia in opposing Nato expansion and called on the Western alliance `to abandon its ideologised Cold War approaches`. The key priorities of both countries were addressed by the statement. In a pointed reference to the US, the statement rejected `unilateral approaches` and interference in the internal affairs of sovereign states.
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The crux of the lengthy statement was their common position `against attempts by external forces to undermine security and stability in their common adjacent regions`. The Feb 4 joint statement issued after the Xi-Putin meeting was unprecedented in its scope and substance as in its firm rejection of US policies. The meeting between President Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Winter Olympics in Beijing concluded with a strong expression of solidarity and resolve to mount a united front against the US. What this crisis has already done is to bring Moscow and Beijing into a tighter embrace which some Western analysts are now describing as a China-Russia axis.
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His foreign minister said Western countries were spreading `hysteria`. For his part, Putin accused the West of using Ukraine as a `tool` to provoke war. Dayslater the Pentagon announced the deployment of 3,000 troops to Poland, Germany andRomania in addition to around 8,000 troops already on standby. Earlier, at a UN Security Council meeting on Jan 31, the Russian ambassador vehemently denied any plan to militarily intervene in Ukraine and accused Western countries of `pumping Ukraine with weapons`. But President Joe Biden asked American citizens to leave the country, warning of an `immediate threat` and declaring that `things could go crazy quickly`. The Ukraine president cautioned against spreading panic. Troops of Nato member states went on high alert while the US sent more military aid and weapons to Ukraine. When Russia mobilised tens of thousands of troops on the Ukrainian border, Washington accused Moscow of planning an invasion and warned of serious consequences as it began crafting tough economic sanctions aimed at pressurising the Russians. Meanwhile, a military build-up continued apace. This was turned down by the US and led to suspension of US-Russia talks. Among key Russian security demands discussed with the US in abortive diplomatic talks was that Ukraine and other states should be barred from joining Nato, no strategic weapons be deployed in Ukraine and Nato`s presence ended in former Soviet countries. He regards this as a threat to Russia`s security and intrusion into its `sphere of influence`. President Vladimir Putin, who has witnessed several waves of Nato`s eastward expansion, has now drawn a red line insisting on a halt to more expansion. The stand-of f between US-led Nato countries and Russia is widely seen to be about the balance of power and security architecture in Europe. Reports indicate it was a tough exchange. Whether the hour-long phone conversation between the US and Russian presidents on Saturday eases or exacerbates the situation remains to be seen. It has further intensified East-West polarisation and sent tensions soaring to a new high amid US warnings that Russia might invade Ukraine in the coming days.
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AS sabre-rattling continues in the crisis over Ukraine, shifting geopolitics have pushed Russia and China into closer alignment while exposing differences within the Western coalition on how to respond.