Russia Mulls Military Supply Base in China
Russia is considering establishing a military supply base in China, a Russian military official was quoted by Interfax as saying.

“In particular, talks on setting up a base of spare parts for Russian military products are being held with China,” Alexander Denisov, first deputy director of the Federal Military-Technical Cooperation Service, said.

The Federal Military-Technical Cooperation Service is constantly working on improving the efficiency of its structure, he said.

“The changing situation on the arms market requires making the necessary corrections to the complicated system of military technical cooperation and using new forms and methods of work actively,” Denisov said.

According to him, Russia is engaged in military-technical cooperation with 82 states.

“By the way, the U.S. maintains military-technical cooperation with 100 countries, France with 29, Germany and Great Britain with 26 each,” he said.

In September Russia and China held major war games that were perceived by many experts as a first step to the creation of a new military bloc opposed to NATO.