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Guiyang, China - Creating a military alliance between Russia and China is impossible and Beijing agrees with this, Russian presidential administration head Sergei Ivanov told reporters in Guiyang on Thursday, July 10.

“I do not see any sense, same as China, in creating a new military alliance, union or something like that between us,” Ivanov said.

The relations between Russia and China in military sector “are of bilateral character, they are not directed against anyone and we are not threatening anyone separately or jointly and do not want to do this,” Ivanov said.

The cooperation of the two states’ armed forces, law enforcement authorities and special services “are of successful and close character,” Ivanov said. The tradition of holding joint drills will continue, he said.

Russia and China cooperate actively in the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in terms of regional security, the Kremlin administration head said. “But the SCO is not a military organization and I want to assure you that no one has ever set and will set the goal to make a military organization of it,” he said.

Such coalitions have proved their ineffectiveness and NATO shows this, the Kremlin administration head said.

“We see certain military coalitions in the modern world. The example on the surface is NATO. Answer me – did NATO manage to stabilize the situation in Afghanistan in 13 years? No, things are getting only worse there, NATO attempted to bring order in Iraq or Libya and the chaos there is growing,” Ivanov said.

“If anyone thinks that chaos can be managed, they are mistaken. Real events confirm this time after time,” Ivanov said.

The Ukrainian events can serve as an example, he said.

“Many political leaders of NATO countries openly supported the anti-constitutional revolt in Kyiv and we all see where this has led,” he said.

“While not being a participant of the conflict, Russia experiences its significant negative consequences,” the administration head said. “Be it not paying for gas, be it one hundred thousand refugees, whom we are forced to, and will accommodate on our territory,” Ivanov said.