Russia army chief: against any form of "Taiwan Independence" activities

Xinhua News Agency ^ | 17MAR05 | Xinhua News Agency

[familyop]

BEIJING, March 17 (Xinhuanet) -- Russia is against any secessionistactivities of "Taiwan Independence" in any form and will stick to the one-China policy, said Russian Chief of General Staff Yury Baluyevsky here Thursday.

Baluyevsky made the remarks during a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Liang Guanglie. He arrived this morning, three days after the country's parliament approved the Anti-Secession Law aimed at preventing "Taiwan independence" from the country.

The two army chiefs also highlighted the importance of cooperation between the two armies.

Building and developing the Sino-Russian strategic partnership of cooperation is the choice of both nations and Russia's strategic target, Baluyevsky said, adding that Russia is willing to work with China to further the strategic partnership after the two countries and armies have scored closer ties and fruitful cooperation in recent years.

Liang said strengthening cooperation between the two armies is an important part in furthering the partnership, which has maintained a good momentum for many years. In recent years, he said, high-level visits between the two armies have been frequent and exchanges in all fields effective.

"Closer cooperation and exchanges between the two armies are ofgreat importance in promoting the cooperation between the two countries and maintaining regional and international security," said Liang.

Yury Baluyevsky arrived here earlier Thursday for a four-day visit, his first trip abroad since he took the current post last July.

China and Russia will conduct their first-ever joint military exercise later this year. Baluyevsky's visit could help deepen theunderstanding and cooperation between the two militaries, observers noted. Enditem

[oolatec]

If how Russia dealt with the Beslan massacre is any hint as to the readiness of their forces, we need not worry... but seriously... anyone else surprised Russia has decided to side with China? Not I.

[RasterMaster]

Note to Russian commie scumbag: Stay the F out of Taiwan if ya know what's good for ya, red ba$tards!

[ThermoNuclearWarrior]

Where are all the Putin defending idiots who try to convince themselves and everyone else that Russia isn't our enemy? The Russians actively opposed us in Iraq and sent advisor's to Baghdad in the run up to the war. They are also arming or helping our worst enemies around the world. They are using the same policy of the old U.S.S.R.

[TheCrusader]

The soviet-communist mentality is alive and well in Russia, and this theory that Communism fell with the Iron Curtain is nonsense. When the Russian government felt seriously threatened, (as happened when Chechens and other Muslim terrorists slaughtered hundreds of their school children), the first thing Putin did was to revert back to the old soviet mentality by curtailing freedoms, and he began talking about "a Russian democracy, but with our Russian traditions and history". It doesn't take a genius to read between those lines.

I'll trust that Russia is the friend of America the day Hillary Clinton looks better than Katherine Zita Jones.

[Ivan Ivanoff]

A little bit of truth:

1. There are no communists in Russian Government today.
2. There is no freedom curtailing. It's just a leftist propaganda.

China is the Russia's biggest neighbour and Russia needs colloboration with such a great nation. As Balouevsky said our cooperation was NOT aimed against third countries.
Cooperation between Russia and US is much broader. May be Russia is not a FRIEND of USA, but it's not an ENEMY either.
In fact it's quite a silly way of thinking that a sovereign country must serve US interests ang ignore its own ones. Politics is an art of compromisses.
As for Taiwan, I think it's quite a complex question. But there's no doubt that sooner or later this island will return to China.

[TheCrusader]

"But there's no doubt that sooner or later this island will return to China."

Frankly I'd perfer to see the mainland be returned to the Chinese people. The government of Taiwan is the legitimate Chinese government; the government of mainland China is a usurper and a fraud.

[Ivan Ivanoff]

So you think that the Government of mainland China lacks legitimacy? LOL. I don't want to offend you, but use your dictionary (sorry once again :)) Their society differs from yours, that's true, but this fact is not in any relation with legitimacy at all. There's no power to influence China, so its society will evolve according to its own historical laws. That's the reality. And as for me I think that is quite good for them. Imho Most of Americans are quite goodhearted but quite naive at the same time.
P.S. Excuse me for my bad English.

[Tailgunner Joe]

The "government" on the mainland is nothing but a gang of murdering thieves. That's the reality, chump.

[familyop]

If the list behind the following is current and accurate, there are 52 Communist Party members out of 450 seats in the Duma.

http://www.usrbc.org/Members-Only/Russian%20Government%20and%20Regions/duma/deputy_cprf.htm

Philosophies in some of the other parties are also interesting, to say the least.

And we saw that President Putin recently ended direct elections of regional governors, which move was approved by the Duma. The Russian Federation has centralized its government more, but says that the trend was for the purpose of preventing organized criminals from controlling politicians, controlling revenues, and so forth, which problems were happening.

We know that great changes in governments do not happen in isolation but sometimes do necessitate difficult changes in cultures (e.g., relating to common philosophies that regulate organized crime up or down). Such changes can take a long time.

Russia's geographical position is something that offers many temptations toward unfriendly associations, too.

So in the meantime, we watch what the Russian Federation Foreign and Defense ministers say and do. We hope to see reversals on stances in favor of governments that support Hizbollah (Syria and Iran), in favor of expansionism (Taiwan), and the like, and advocate what is best for our own national interests (which advocacy is not "interference" in others' affairs, as some allege).

[familyop]

Chinese leaders have occasionally threatened to launch nuclear attacks against other countries (ours, for one), to conquer other countries (Taiwan--free, independent, and not Communist since 1949), and have ordered the massacres of its citizens when they protested (Tiananmen Square). Its top leaders are vain, volatile maniacs. Leaders in other countries who disagree with "any form of 'Taiwan Independence' activities" are taking the same kind of position that the old Soviet leaders took in favor of expansionism.

[GarySpFc]

Ping

[Ivan Ivanoff]

Duma is the parliament, not the government. The policy of government is stricly unticommunistic. Communists are in severe opposition to the government.

About direct elections in provinces:

1. Russia historically is not the union of "states" as your country. It always had been centralized until Lenin (the leader of Bolschevic revolution) had splited it into a number of autonomous regions. This finally led to painfull disintegration of our country, rise of separatizm in many regions etc. Many territories that were Russian for hundreds of years which population are Russians, speak Russian, and which is poured with blood of hundreds of thousands of Russian people is now outside the Russian border.
2. The experiment with direct election of governers has failed. Such governers were absolutely uncontrollable. It led to money theft and suffering of population of provinces.
3. Governers are still elected (not directly but by the region parliaments which are elected directly). The aim is to set the governers under control of parliament (i.e. people) and president and to prevent further disintegration of the country.
4. There are no direct elections of the heads of provinces in many democratic countries (France for exapmle).
5. This reform is not affecting our Constitution.

[familyop]

...a related note of interest.

First Sign Chinese Financial Crisis- arrest of Chairman of China Construction Bank
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1365272/posts

[Ivan Ivanoff]

Is the China a dictatorship? Yes it is (so what?)
Did China threat to launch nuclear attacks against USA or Russia? No it didn't.
Can it be a threat to USA or Russia? Yes it can.
What we need to do to force it to respect our interests? We need to respect theirs.
Did the Germany become united? yes it did.
Will the Korea be united? yes it will.
Will the China be united? yes it will.

[Tailgunner Joe]

Korea and China will be united when the Communist animals in Beijing and Pyongyang are thrown in the trash bin of history where they belong along with the bloody Soviet empire.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Ping

[familyop]

"Will the Korea be united? yes it will.
Will the China be united? yes it will."

That's funny crap, but it's still crap. Did you come here to make us laugh? I just love it when your kind get all puffed-up.

And yes, a deputy chief on the general staff in China made the last threat to use nuclear weapons against the USA in 1996. ...not to mention the threats from China's lap dog, North Korea.

[jb6]

I'm, we've basically told Taiwan the status que sticks, no formal independence and so has every major nation in the world.

[Destro]

Russia is against any secessionistactivities of "Taiwan Independence" in any form and will stick to the one-China policy

Almost exactly what the State Dept policy is (State words it more diplomaticly). This has been America's policy since Nixon went to China and kicked Taiwan out of the UN and closed our embassy there. Hypocrites.

And oolatec, as for Beslan - when it happened America and the West called for dialogue with the Chechens - the Chinese told the Russians they had ever right to fight the Chechens and not deal with them in talks. The Russians chose allies accordingly.