South Africa Risks U.S. Ire By Staging Naval Exercises With China and Russia: Africa SouthAfrica US Simonstown CapeTown China Russia navies navalexercise
By hosting the war games,"South Africa sends a clear signal that it is not going to join the anti-Russian front",The exercises show that"Russia is not as isolated as the West would like", he said.published last month by the Economist Intelligence Unit, which states that"two-thirds of the world's population live in countries that are either neutral or Russia-leaning when it comes to the war in Ukraine".
It is unclear to what extent their military cooperation will expand. But China may have its reservations too.
"Both China and Russia have gradually been increasing their presence in the Indian Ocean. Russia recently announced it would establish a naval facility in Port Sudan on the Red Sea," she told RFI, pointing out that China opened its first overseas base in Djibouti in 2017. China and Russia hold a series of these multilateral exercises less for military purposes and more for political purposes."China and Russia hold a series of these multilateral exercises less for military purposes and more for political purposes," Mastro says, adding that they are"not particularly threatening in any way on the military side of things".
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