SOCHI, November 7. /TASS/. US President-elect Donald Trump is unlikely to offer Moscow an alliance against Beijing, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting of the Valdai Debate Club.

Putin said he believes Trump realizes that this issue is “very far from the realities in which we live.”

“Russia does not establish alliances with anyone against anyone. Furthermore, this would seem absolutely unrealistic in relation to China, with which we have reached <...> an unprecedented level of trust, cooperation and friendship,” said the president.

“Countries like China and Russia, which have hundreds, thousands (of kilometers) of common borders, a common history of coexistence in practically the same space, shared values ​​despite the difference in cultures, this in itself is a great achievement that We should take advantage of today and leave these achievements and strengthen them for future generations,” Putin continued.

The United States sees China as its geopolitical adversary. Trump was one of the initiators of this approach to relations with Beijing during his first presidential term in 2017-2021. US news reports said the future US administration could offer Russia a partnership to sever its strategic relationship with China.