当地时间11月30日，俄罗斯总统普京出席“俄罗斯在召唤”年度国际投资论坛。据俄新社、塔斯社报道，普京当天在论坛上回击所谓“中国威胁论”时有一段精彩表述。
针对有人炒作所谓“中国威胁”，普京说：“从2000年开始就有人用中国来吓唬我，自那时起，吓唬我的人自己也害怕了，并开始改变自己的对华政策。
"They have been alarming me with China since 2000. Since then, those, who were scaremongering me, got scared themselves and started to change their policy towards China. "
普京提到，美国、英国和澳大利亚组成的三方安全联盟(AUKUS)就是西方对中国采取行动的一个例子。他说，此举“并不会使地区局势得到改善，相反只会使紧张局势进一步升级。”
An example is the establishment of the AUKUS pact, which includes the US, the UK and Australia. When one sets up a closed alliance against someone, it does not help improve the situation in the region, it escalates tensions," the Russian leader said.
"Great Britain, France announce their plans to modernize their nuclear arsenals. Does the US suffer from that and does this cause its concern? No.No. So why do we have to show any concern over the growing defense potential of our nearest neighbor..."
“中国是一个拥有十多亿人口的国家，有权选择自己的国防发展道路，保护自己的国家和人民。谁能阻止中国这么做呢？”普京说，随着经济的发展，中国军事实力增长是一个自然的过程。
