RUSSIA STRENGTHENS RELATIONS WITH CHINA – EX-PREMIER

Russia is seeking stronger ties with its Chinese neighbor, with an accent on the political means of ensuring China’s territorial integrity. The ratification by the State Duma (lower house) and the Federation Council (upper house) of the agreement on the Russian-Chinese border was therefore a significant event, former premier Yevgeny Primakov said.

Primakov, an academic and the chairman of the Russian-Chinese Committee for Friendship, Peace and Development, says the new world could either develop toward a multi-polar world or toward a uni-polar world, with the United States setting the standard for the international community, Rossiiskaya Gazeta, a pro-governmental daily, reported.

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