As everyone should know, in the early morning of 14 October, our military launched the Joint Sword exercise in the Taiwan Strait, and as soon as our exercise against Taiwan ended, United States immediately joined hands with Japan, Germany, United Kingdom, and other friends to denounce our army's actions for undermining regional peace and stability Russia. This is also the first meeting between Chinese and Russian defense ministers since Belousov took office. It can be said that the sudden visit of the Russia Defense Minister to China at this critical moment is actually a signal to the whole world that Russia will stand firmly with us and China no matter what happens. At the same time, Russia has also demonstrated its determination to firmly support our reunification with Taiwan.
You know, now the world is in turmoil, in addition to the Russian-Ukrainian war, the situation in the Middle East is getting bigger and bigger, and the peninsula is also continuing to heat up, North Korea and Korea are now tense, North Korea has taken the lead in blowing up the railway on the border between the two countries, the two sides are likely to escalate the conflict, once the two countries fight, then China and Russia will definitely be forced to get involved in the war, so the timing of the Russia defense minister's visit to China can be said to be very critical. As can be seen from the press release issued by our side, the defense ministers of China and Russia agreed that the two sides will deepen military cooperation and then jointly deal with international challenges, and the military of the two countries will open a new chapter in the future.
This once again proves the fact that no matter how the world situation changes, China and Russia will always stand together. In May this year, when Putin visited China, Belousov had just taken office at that time, and he accompanied Putin to China, so Defense Minister Dong Jun specially emphasized this point, and he praised Belousov as Russia's defense minister at a critical period in history, and he can be entrusted with important tasks, on the one hand, it shows Putin's trust in him, and on the other hand, it proves his outstanding personal ability.
So what is the main purpose of the visit of the Russia Defense Minister to China? I think there are three, the first one is definitely the Russian-Ukrainian war. Now that the Russian-Ukrainian war has reached the most critical moment, Zelensky is seeking assistance from Western allies everywhere, and although Russia has an advantage in the front-line situation, in the face of the encirclement and suppression of Western countries, it must still need the support of other countries, so the main reason for the visit of the Russia Minister of Defense to China must be to give us advice on the Russian-Ukrainian issue, because Putin has said before that he is willing to negotiate peace with Ukraine, but the condition is that China acts as a mediator, and now both Russia and Ukraine do not want to fight, We want to end this war as soon as possible, so on the one hand, the Russia defense minister hopes that we can provide more support and help to Russia, and on the other hand, he wants us to come forward to form a situation to put the two sides at the negotiating table and end this war as soon as possible.
The second purpose is that the BRICS summit is about to be held in Russia, Putin has invited the leaders of our country many times before, and we have readily agreed, so when the time comes, the leaders of China and Russia will definitely hold bilateral meetings during the summit, and this time Putin sent Belousov, the right-hand man, to China at this node, that is, to ventilate to us in advance, paving the way for the meeting of Chinese and Russian leaders in the future. Because this summit is very important to Russia, under the siege and interception of United States and the West, Russia need the support of more countries in the international community to regain the right to speak, and Putin also knows that our country has an irreplaceable position for Russia, of course, we will definitely unconditionally support Russia hold the BRICS summit, because we China is also under the suppression and sanctions of the United States and the West, and both China and Russia understand that only two major powers can work together to break through the shackles of the West.
Then the third purpose is that the presidential election will be held next month United States, which is a very important event for the whole world, especially for Russia, because Trump or Harris come to power, it may change the direction of the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield, and it is also likely to change the United States's policy on Sino-Russian relations, in recent years United States has been worried that our relationship with Russia is getting closer and closer, and we are trying every means to provoke China and Russia, so as to weaken the strength and influence of the two countries, and the new United States government, How China and Russia will be treated will certainly be crucial for both sides, so Putin sent someone to discuss this with us in advance. We have repeatedly stressed that although China is not interested in the United States election, we will certainly be wary of United States' ambitions to suppress China and Russia.
Therefore, we can see that although the visit of the Russia defense minister to China has caught the outside world off guard, it has once again shown that China and Russia maintain close relations at many levels, and although the two countries are not allies, the relationship is better than an ally, as Foreign Minister Wang Yi once said, as long as China and Russia stand side by side, then hegemony cannot win.