OREANDA-NEWS The United States will monitor joint military exercises between Russia and China, White House spokesman John Kirby said at a briefing. The broadcast was hosted by the Reuters YouTube channel.

"This is a long—planned process, and we will monitor and control it," he said. Kirby added that the United States has no serious concerns about the exercises. Washington does not plan to make adjustments to the positioning of military forces or to the deterrence strategy because of these events, the White House representative assured.

Prior to that, the Ministry of Defense of the People's Republic of China announced that it would hold joint military exercises "North" with Russia in September. Interaction-2024" in the Seas of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk. Their goal was called "deepening the level of strategic cooperation between the Armed Forces of China and Russia and strengthening their ability to jointly respond to security threats."