Putin’s party, CPP ‘peas in pod’

[geovalin]

Igor Kossov

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will be signing half a dozen agreements with the Kingdom when he arrives on Sunday, among them one pledging “cooperation” between the Cambodian People’s Party and Vladimir Putin’s dominant United Russia – a sign of increasing cosiness that both counties hope will pay political dividends, analysts say.

Valeria Gorokhova, a spokeswoman with United Russia, said the cooperation agreement is a “standard” deal that the party has made with political parties in 32 other countries, ranging from former Soviet satellite states to Asia-Pacific countries.

Cooperation will entail “exchanging ideas about party structure and mutual support in planning for the future”, she said, although she declined to describe the nature of such support.

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[connda]

Russia and China are making trade agreement with countries throughout Asia. All one needs to do is look at the geographic proximity of these nations on a global map to understand why. Not any different then trade between Canada, the US, Mexico, and Central America.