Why has the China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation, whose 25th anniversary was celebrated on July 16 brought so many benefits to those two nations? Chinese scholar Cui Heng, from the China National Institute for SCO International Exchange and Judicial Cooperation, reviewed those benefits for China’s Global Times daily on the day of the anniversary, including that “the back-to-back strategic coordination between China and Russia” has proven “immune to attempts by external powers to undermine the core of their ties.”
Cui emphasized that the treaty’s importance for overall international relations lies in how it “has allowed China and Russia to break away from the age-old binary logic that confines major powers to either alliance or confrontation.” That model, in turn, offers “a valuable reference for countries striving to break free from unipolar hegemony and pursue independent development, said the expert,” Global Times added.
The core concept which made the treaty so successful, is that a commitment to “ever-lasting friendship” between the two countries was spelled out in the text of the legal treaty, Cui pointed out.
