http://fortruss..com/2015/09/the-lessons-of-history-and-of-new.html

Worth a read..... The West is being rendered more irrelevant with every passing day and the East rises in its wake.....Anyone that says its too long has no business being on the Foreign Affairs section

The Lessons of History and of New Frontiers by Sergei Lavrov
September 3rd, 2015

By Sergei Lavrov - translated for Fort Russ by Soviet Bear

The words of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his colleague - the head of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Wang Yi - written specially for the readers of "Russians' Gazette" and the "People's Daily "

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This year is marked by the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. For Russia and China this anniversary has a special significance. Our countries were allies in the struggle against Nazism and Japanese militarism, took the brunt of the aggressors and suffered the heaviest losses. Thanks to the unparalleled courage, willingness to sacrifice and the mobilization of all forces, our nations managed to survive in that terrible fight, and win.

The aggressive actions of Japan were the prologue of the Second World War, in 1931 Japan invaded Manchuria, and in 1937 unleashed a large-scale military action against China. The Soviet Union was the only state that had provided a real help to China, the Soviets delivered modern combat aircraft, tanks, artillery, small arms and machine gun armament, means of communication, various types of military equipment. About 5 thousand Soviet military specialists were engaged in battles, including a large group of pilots.


After the Tokyo’s rejection of surrender, our country, faithful to its commitments, entered the war in the far East. Soviet troops in the shortest time, defeated the powerful group of Japanese land forces. North-Eastern China and Korea were liberated from the occupation.

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Tens of thousands of Soviet soldiers gave their lives for freedom and independence of China. We are pleased that Beijing cherishes the memory of our fallen compatriots. A military memorial was opened this year in Heilongjiang province, remembering the first joint expedition and an example of successful cooperation in the field. It is the location of the remains of Soviet soldiers.

Today we are facing a blatant desire to falsify the history of war and to equate the victims to the executioners. All this not only offends our nations, but is also shaking the foundations of the modern world order enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations. Therefore, it is imperative that our countries are united in seeking to continue to vigorously defend the historical truth, to defend the fruits of our Victory. It is difficult to overstate it in this context, the importance of the participation of the President XI Jinping in the celebrations in Moscow, and the unit of the armed forces of the PRC which marched on Red Square during the 9th May Parade.


The fate of the world cannot be determined either by a single state or by a narrow group of countries.

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In the current difficult international situation, characterized by a high level of turbulence and the increase of the crisis, one should not forget the lessons of the past, so as to avoid fatal mistakes in the future. The fate of the world cannot be determined either by a single state or by a narrow group of countries. The bombing of Yugoslavia, the occupation of Iraq, the chaos in Libya and the fratricidal war in the Ukraine all demonstrate the tragic results of a deviation from this elementary truth:

No country is entitled to capture and retain global dominance and to impose its own opinions, will and values on others.

70 years ago the participants of the anti-Hitler coalition were able to rise above ambitions and differences, and unite for the defeat of the common enemy, and for the destruction of a criminal ideology. The most important result of the joint efforts was the creation of the United Nations, the 70th anniversary of which is being widely celebrated this year.

This spirit of Alliance and the overall lessons of the Second World War confirm the necessity of collective work in the interests of finding effective responses to challenges facing the global-scale threats, and the value of equal and mutually respectful partnership, which is essentially the only way to prevent new conflicts.


On this philosophy the Russian-Chinese relations are based and they are the best for all of the history and continue to improve. They are based on sincere feelings of friendship and affection of our people, deep mutual respect and trust, mutual respect of the key interests of each other and the interest in the prosperity of our countries. Essentially we are talking about inter-state relations of a new type, a kind of new model of cooperation for the XXI century.

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Tens of thousands of Soviet soldiers gave their lives for freedom and independence of China


Our interaction in the world arena became an important factor in the maintenance of international and regional stability. Russia and China adhere to the same or closely related approaches to the key problems of modernity, we have consistently advocated the formation of a new polycentric world order based on international law, respect for the identity of peoples of their right to an independent choice of development path. We are the decisive opponents of imposing its will on sovereign nations, including by force, unilateral sanctions, and the practice of "double standards".


We are effectively coordinating our actions in various multilateral platforms, including the UN, the "group of 20", and the BRICS and SCO summits, which were successfully held in July in Ufa, and we always give each other mutual support.

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The interdependence which is growing in the conditions of globalization, the emergence and strengthening of new centers of power and influence require innovative approaches to ensure sustained growth of the world economy. Only together guided by the logic of partnership and mutual benefit it is possible to address these challenges.


The Eurasian Economic Union which started functioning on 1 January 2015 is intended to be a significant factor in ensuring sustainable economic development of its members. However, we do not oppose any other integration processes in Eurasia, on the contrary we are willing to work to conjugate them and to build bridges between Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.
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A similar creative direction put forward by China is the concept of the Economic Belt of the Silk Road. The vector of formation brought forth from these projects of common economic space provides the opportunities for the harmonization of our efforts.


An important step in this direction was the signing of the Russian-Chinese Joint Declaration on cooperation in the building of the EEU and the Silk Road in Moscow on May 8th 2015. In fact it is about the strategy aimed at ensuring the complementarity of these initiatives with maximum efficiency for all members. It is important that within the framework of planned goals, we will adhere to the principles of transparency, mutual respect, equality, and openness for all members - both in Asia and Europe. Of course, it will be a long process, but according to a Chinese proverb, "the strong will overcome an obstacle, the wise – all of the way".



A necessary condition for the development of fruitful cooperation in the Asia Pacific region, whose role in the world economy and politics will only increase is to strengthen regional stability. This explains the relevance of the establishment of reliable mechanisms for ensuring equal and indivisible security in the region based on non-aligned approaches. The Russian-Chinese initiative on security and cooperation in the Asia Pacific region launched in September 2010 was aimed at solving this problem. With consideration of its principles, Russia together with China and Brunei made a proposal to start work on the building of regional architecture which meets modern realities and which was endorsed at the 8th East Asia summit in October 2013.


We intend to continue hand in hand with our Chinese friends to do whatever is necessary to ensure that our collaboration is for the benefit of our peoples, in the name of approval of our ideals of justice and equality in the international arena. The important part of success is a rich and trusting dialogue at the highest level. I am sure that coming in early September visit of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin to China will give a strong additional impetus to our multi-faceted strategic partnership and will contribute to the further disclosure of its inexhaustible potential.

The Russian-Chinese collaboration is one that makes everyone in Washington to shiver. It is strategic, important and very powerful. It is the New World Order.

Yes soo... RussChina all the way.. USA is shaking since 1945BC...

immigration is a fact of life.

not really much anyone can do about it.

The fate of the world will always be determined by few nations.

Missy89:
The fate of the world will always be determined by few nations.

True words, my Lady. Just that some of this few wants to see the world in their pockets alone. Unfortunately, which they are failing to see, it can never be that way. No man is king of the street!

Each time i hear, see or read this man talk, i am always thrilled! And whenever the two nations-Russia and China-comes together like this, i hear angry buttocks cringes against unconfortable seats accross the Western hemisphere, particularly at a certain house; while sleepless eyes roam the screens monitoring the satellites struggling to keep tags on the evergrowing imminent alliance between the two most vocal and opposing foes of the Hegemon.


But the Hegemon had it coming all along!

Look up! The fruite is getting ripe, the Fall is on its way. And what a mighty fall it shall be!

SAKUR:

I can't wait for the big fall, I hope it happens in my lifetime .

You can say that again!

Appleyard:
You can say that again!

The demise of America is greatly exaggerated. It is short term and there are a lot of factors to consider.

Missy89:


The demise of America is greatly exaggerated. It is short term and there are a lot of factors to consider.

Really? "Short term, exaggerated, lots of factors," can we pls get to know the hows and whys, dearie?

Meanwhile, you are hardly around this days. Whats up?
And don't tell me is because England and the Queen is suffocating under the influx of refugees,huh!

America and Russia/china be like from frying pan to inferno. Afghanistan is close to Russia, why didn't the Syrian refugees go to Russia; Is much closer with lesser risks. The truth is they know that Russia go just open fire on all of them before they even near their border. When your government is killing many of its citizens, Russia and china go begin act deaf and dumb. And they also encourage all sorts of oppression everywhere in the world like America but America is very more lenient compared to those two.
These two countries are very hateful of we Africans in every way possible. Am not saying America loves Africa like Europe or Israel, but they are accepting of us. Russia, china, or any middle east country should forget that world power thing. If its not America it is Nigeria or any other real African country for me.

God bless Nigeria
God bless Igbos
God bless America.

Appleyard:
Really? "Short term, exaggerated, lots of factors," can we pls get to know the hows and whys, dearie?

Meanwhile, you are hardly around this days. Whats up?
And don't tell me is because England and the Queen is suffocating under the influx of refugees,huh!

Lots of work and little time off.

Well, America's decline is a matter of perspective. I have heard convincing arguments from both sides of the divide and they are pretty convincing.

I see! I will agree with you on the aspect of perspective. Both sides of the discourse have credible and laudable facts that supports their line of argument. Nevertheless, no empire had gone without a fall; but like you said, "no deal is ever final until it takes it's due".

Quite correct!8-)

Missy89:



Lots of work and little time off.

Well, America's decline is a matter of perspective. I have heard convincing arguments from both sides of the divide and they are pretty convincing.

well, imo its just a matter of designating a section of the population who will integrate the new immigrants, help them settle, have their kids, etc.

Then integrating the kids produced of the unions, into their own section of society.

any other way?

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