“China is developing.
I understand that such a confrontation is starting with China.
We see it all.
Everyone understands this.
What is there to hide and be afraid of these questions?
But this does not bother us, also because we believe that our defense sufficiency, as we are talking about it, is at a very high level, and this is also why, ”the president’s words are quoted on the Kremlin’s website.
Putin stressed that the nature and level of Russia's relations with China is important.
Earlier, NATO called the close cooperation between Russia and China a "serious challenge".