International security is comprehensive and inalienable, and some countries' security cannot be guaranteed at the cost of some others', including expanding military and political allies, said a Sino-Russian joint statement.
The Sino-Russian joint statement on major international issues, signed here on Friday after talks between Chinese President Hu Jintao and visiting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, stressed the necessity to respect and consider the interests and concerns of relevant countries.
The joint statement said all countries across the world should take the UN Charter as well as the principles of mutual trust, consideration of each other's interests, equality, cooperation and openness as a basis, and promote the international security system to develop in accordance with the demands of the times and the common interest of all countries.
The two countries will continue to actively push forward the international arms control progress with the precondition of no harm to the security of all countries and strive to promote multilateral arms control and the non-proliferation treaty, the joint statement said.
The two countries also advocated the use of political and diplomatic means to resolve the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery within the framework of international laws, and promote international security.
The two countries said the establishment of a global missile defense system including the deployment of the system in some regions and relevant cooperation is not conducive to strategic balance and stability, efforts on international arms control and non-proliferation, and mutual trust between nations and regional stability. The two countries said in the joint statement that they are concerned about this.
The joint statement said the two countries stand for the peaceful utilization of outer space and oppose the weaponization of outer space and any space arms race. The two countries also stressed the importance of signing relevant international laws and regulations to forbid the deployment of weapons in outer space through negotiations within the framework of the conference on disarmament.
Medvedev arrived here on Friday for a two-day state visit as a guest of Hu.
Source: Xinhua
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