Putin: Russia, China not creating military alliance

Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed that cooperation between Russia and China "is not a military alliance."

"This is absolutely untrue," the head of state said in an interview with journalist Pavel Zarubin on the Russia-24 television channel on March 25, answering a question about whether Moscow and Beijing's cooperation poses a threat to the West, TASS reports.

"We are not creating any military alliance with China, after all. Yes, we also have cooperation in the sphere of military-technical cooperation, we do not hide it, but it is transparent, there is nothing secret there," Putin said.

According to him, Moscow is also developing military cooperation with Beijing, including joint exercises.

"By the way, not only with China, but also with other countries. We are even still continuing, despite the events in Donbas, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson. We all continue, it's all transparent, but it's not a military alliance," the president concluded.