Strategic Partnership: Confirmed by Presidents Yeltsin and Zemin in 1999 战略伙伴关系：叶利钦总统与江泽民主席1999年确认

Russia and China have won the support of three Central Asian states for their attempt to prevent the US developing missile defences that would violate the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty.
　　The Shanghai Five, which includes Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, issued a declaration after a summit meeting in the Tajik capital Dushanbe, describing the treaty as a "cornerstone of world strategic stability".
　　The United States is due to carry out a crucial test of an interceptor missile on 7 July, and President Clinton has said he will decide whether to go ahead with the plans for National Missile Defence (NMD) before the end of the year.
　　Russia and China, which believe NMD would undermine their nuclear deterrents, have been the most vocal critics of the scheme.

反对美国NMD的新力量

　　俄罗斯与中国阻止美国发展国家导弹防御系统的努力得到了中亚三国的支持。发展国家导弹防御系统违反了1972年签署的反弹道导弹(ABM)条约。

　　“上海五国”，其中包括哈萨克斯坦、吉尔吉斯斯坦、塔吉克斯坦，在塔吉克斯坦首都杜尚别举行的首脑会晤结束时签署了联合声明。声明称ABM条约是“维护世界战略稳定的基石”。

　　美国定于7月7日进行一场重要的导弹拦截试验，克林顿总统说，年底前他将决定是否实施国家导弹防御系统(NMD)计划。

　　俄罗斯和中国相信NMD会削弱他们的核威慑力，因此他们一直是这一计划最坚决的批评者。