Afrasianet - Mounir Shafiq - The Sino-Russian joint statement issued by the Putin-Xi Jinping summit on February 4, 2022, in the Chinese capital, Beijing; on the custom for binary peaks data.

It came closer to a program characterized by detail and comprehensiveness in its handling of all global issues, or those related to the two countries.

It is a program for five or ten years, and it may reach the year 2040. Whoever scrutinizes the aforementioned statement will not be exaggerating if he says that it is a unity pact between China and Russia, as it is more than a statement declaring an alliance between two countries. .

It "establishes a friendship between the two countries without borders." . Before the statement, each country was a military rival to America, so how does the situation become with this "friendship that has no boundaries"?, i.e. the situation that resembles the unity between the two military giants.

This is what must be included in the assessment of the situation on the part of America first, then on the part of NATO (America and Europe) second, and thirdly the various countries of the world. *Each country before the statement was a military rival to America, so how does the situation become with this “friendship that has no boundaries”?, i.e. the situation that resembles the unity between the two militarily giant countries.

This is what must be included in the calculations of the situation assessment on the part of America first, then on the part of NATO (America and Europe) second, and the various countries of the world third * For example, the military calculation against Russia in Europe must include the strong presence of China “without borders” on its side, according to the statement in letter and spirit, bearing in mind that before this statement, China supported Russia, in general and morally, but it was It distances itself from direct involvement in any conflict against America and the West, except in Taiwan and the China Sea.

It is true that the statement reached the point of identification between the two countries in their stance on all the issues they face, and that the world faces politically, economically, culturally, and even ideologically, but it did not address their military relations. Of course, this is intentional, and in a striking way.

Rather, the statement began to emphasize the new relationship, which is "without borders", that it is not directed against a third party, or third parties, and that it is not of the type of alliances that the Cold War era knew.

But how does the third party understand the statement when the identification reaches one common position in all international issues, starting with the ideological and cognitive struggle over democracy and human rights, passing through the economy, sustainable development and international trade, and the conflicts and situations that erupt, all the way to outer space, and the problems of its militarization, Or protect it from militarism? Then how does he explain the lack of reference to cooperation in the military field between the two parties?

What is natural here is that the military field will apply to it what applies to all other fields that require detail.

There is a change in the Chinese position in this statement from what was the strategy of China before it, with regard to its relationship with Russia first, as well as its relationship, secondly, with dealing with international issues that are politically and militarily intertwined, or are on the way to conflict.

There is also a change in the Russian position in this statement from what it was before it with regard to the relationship with China.

The relationship between them towards each other was complex and complex, as it went through historically very hostile relations in the sixties, then relations transitioned to a kind of openness, cooperation and friendliness, especially in the past twenty years, in addition to joint voting on international issues, especially in the Security Council, or in Confronting American policies that made the two sides hostile (each separately) at the same time, yet the relationship did not reach the point of becoming a form of political and military alliance, so the policy or strategy of each remained independent of the other to one extent or another.

That is why when the summit statement is issued on February 4, 2022, with its stunning image, its novelty and seriousness, to the point that it resembles “unity” or identification, it must be surprising when the analyzes of many did not take the statement as expressing something new and of exceptional importance, if not You go to question his seriousness.

* Russia and China in this statement exceeded everything that could be attributed to what came before it.

This statement announces a serious agreement on all political, economic and cultural issues, and on all challenges facing the world in general, and confronting them in particular, on the one hand, and on the other hand, it presents a project for the entire world to build a new multipolar order.

The past and history insist on building barriers to everything new, and the new does not have mercy on the past and history if it represents a serious new reality, which must be absorbed and dealt with.

Determining the points of contention and points of agreement between Russia and China took a cautious meaning from considering the two parties in a state of an actual alliance in the face of America. In conclusion, both Russia and China in this statement exceeded everything that could be attributed to what came before it.

This statement announces a serious agreement on all political, economic and cultural issues, and on all the challenges facing the world in general, and facing them in particular, on the one hand, and on the other hand, it presents a project for the entire world to build a new multipolar system and a system of relations of partnership and equality among the countries of the world to achieve security and peace stability and sustainable development, combating poverty and the epidemic, and achieving prosperity for all, as the statement put it.

At the level of the balance of power, the Russian-Chinese relationship, as expressed in the statement, and let us say - caution and caution - if the two sides adhere to it and translate it practically in the face of days and months, it will put the world before a balance of power that outweighs their interests militarily and later economically, and in many fields.

* The two dimensions express, on the one hand, an objective assessment of the trends and the future of the balance of power, but on the other hand, they do not mean, and should not mean, bias to the Chinese-Russian axis on the part of our Arab and Islamic peoples. Rather, the statement itself does not call for bias or alliance, but rather insists on independence Each country to choose the appropriate for it

* As for the level of political conflict for the one who wins the majority of the world’s countries on the strength of his argument and what he presents to the world in the future, the statement proposes an alternative project for international relations other than what the twentieth century produced, and other than what exists.

Of course, these two dimensions express, on the one hand, an objective assessment of the trends and the future of the balance of power, but on the other hand, they do not, and should not mean, bias to the Sino-Russian axis on the part of our Arab and Islamic peoples.

Rather, the statement itself does not call for bias or alliance, but rather insists On the independence of each country in choosing the appropriate policies and destiny for it, in harmony with its history, civilization, values and interests.

This is one of his strengths in the struggle against the world of American hegemony, and the legacy and legacy left by the old and new colonialism.

The time has come for our peoples to rise up to contribute positively to building a new world, more equal among its states, and more just, on the ruins of a world that is going to destroy its societies and its environment, and the destruction of its planet, while it thinks that it is creating prosperity, modernity and progress.