Prospects for Russia–China Cooperation in the Middle East
... destructive influence of the actions of Western governments in Afghanistan and Iraq, Russia and China took a different decision on the Syria issue. While Russia and the United States had an active military presence in Syria, China adopted a more flexible position,... ... Arab-Russian Cooperation Forum and in the form of strategic cooperation with the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) [ 31 ]. China cooperates with the region’s countries through its traditional cooperation formats, such as the China–Arab ...