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,... ... with regional countries, becoming a key trading partner for them. What is more, the massive and strategically important China–Pakistan Economic Corridor leads right into the Middle East. All this notwithstanding, the United States remains the major external ...