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Russia will help Vietnam develop natural gas. Russian media and analysts say this means that Russia will be more involved in the south China sea area affairs, and Vietnam is needed to use Russian against China.
Russia and Vietnam recently signed the natural gas exploration agreement. State-controlled energy giant Russian gas industry company is located in the south China sea will be mining of the continental shelf two large Vietnam natural gas field. The two total reserves of natural gas field can be up to 55.6 billion cubic meters. Russia will have cooperation project of 49% of the equity.
Russian natural gas industry company President in Vietnam sign the miller cooperation agreement, he said his company has cooperation with Vietnam, for many years, Russia and Vietnam in mining of several other large continental shelf natural gas field. He said, just sign the new agreement of proof, the two countries to energy cooperation have strong interest.
Although Russia helped to develop the two offshore oil and gas block is located in Vietnam exclusive economic zone, not in the disputed waters, but the Russian media still pointed out that Russia is more and more involved in the south China sea area. Russia is through the energy cooperation can expand the influence of in southeast Asia. Russian higher school of economics of the strategic experts think the grip, Vietnam into Russia's power into the south China sea, Vietnam is China against the use of Russia.
The Russian far east of the institute of southeast Asia experts ShenShui rock, the south China sea area now to the situation of the fundamental changes have taken place.
Rock ShenShui: "such as Vietnam relationship with the United States has been fundamentally change. And around the south China sea, Vietnam relationship with China become increasingly complex."
ShenShui rock, around the south China sea sovereignty, China is in dispute with the southeast Asian countries hope to make more Allies to consolidate the position.
China and Vietnam in 1979 had of mass border armed conflict. In the 80 s, the two countries around China called the nansha islands bursts in naval battles.
Vietnam with China in armed conflict, won the support of the Soviet union. And in the last century China after bad with the Soviet union, Vietnam has also become the Soviet union in southeast Asia's main Allies.
Vietnam's gold orchid bay was once the Soviet union Portsmouth naval overseas important military base. China in 80 s sino-soviet relations improve put forward a prerequisite for the Soviet union to give up support is Vietnam invaded Cambodia.
Southeast Asia experts ShenShui rock, the fall of the Soviet union in the 90 s, Russia's relations with Vietnam did run into low ebb. But in the last 10 years, the relations between the two countries more and more closely.
But LuoKeShen think, Russia should be in the south China sea issue carefully, should not be too much foreign participation in the south China sea area affairs.
Rock ShenShui: "now the situation there and its delicate, very complex, any does not belong to the regions of the country if too much intervention in the south China sea affairs, will not give the sovereignty of the south China sea dispute solution of benefit."
Analysts said, through and south-east Asian countries such as Vietnam close relationship, can make Russia in the south China sea on the sea have their say, Russia in the future with the Chinese handle bilateral relations can add more hands when the chips.
On the other hand, because China's increasingly powerful, and worried about the loss of the far east and Siberia, Russia and Vietnam, through the south China sea area countries to strengthen cooperation, can achieve the purpose of restricting China.
Except in the energy field Russia with Vietnam cooperation increasingly active outside, Russia are actively to sell all kinds of advanced weapons and equipment in Vietnam. The two countries also plan joint development and the development of some weapons and equipment.