China and Russia published this Friday February 4 a joint statement to denounce the American influence and the role of the Western military alliances, NATO and AUKUS, in Europe as in Asia, judging them destabilizing.
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In this document adopted on the occasion of the meeting between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping in Beijing, the two countries say they are "
opposed to any future enlargement of NATO
", denounce "
the negative influence for peace and stability in region of the United States' Indo-Pacific strategy
" and expressed "
concern
" about the creation in 2020 of the United States' military alliance with the United Kingdom and Australia (AUKUS).