Russia and China have agreed to join forces militarily in the fight against ISIS and terrorism, as the Chinese National People’s Congress passed the “On Combating Terrorism” law on December 27. The Russian Foreign Ministry have announced, “We proceed from the fact that the Chinese partners have taken an important step towards the creation of a solid legal framework to effectively combat terrorism in all its forms and manifestations“. Tass.ru reports: “The contents of the document, in our view, testify to the fact that China in its development relied on the basic norms and principles of international law, as well as take into account the experience of other countries, including Russia, in the sphere of organizing counter-terrorism activity.” “We express our confidence that the adoption of this legal act will promote the further strengthening of the dynamic Russian-Chinese counter-terrorism cooperation within the framework of our two countries’ privileged strategic partnership,” the ministry said. “Moscow and Beijing together stand for the preservation of the central coordinating role of the United Nations in global anti-terrorism efforts, which should be free from politicization and preconditions, for the creation of a broad antiterrorist coalition against the Islamic State terrorist organization (outlawed in Russia), for the [...]