Moscow, Sept. 5 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said that Russia's cooperation with the Global South is not related or conditioned by the current political waves, RT reported.

Putin said that the cooperation is a result of common shared interests.

"Well, a bear is a bear. Well, you mentioned the double-headed eagle looking to the west and the east. Well, there is also south, you know. We've been discussing it with our colleagues repeatedly, and I've always been saying that expansion of our interaction and our joint work with our friends in the Asia-Pacific region," he said.

Putin gave an example, saying that Russia's works with China began 20 years back, and was not influenced by US President Donald Trump's policies.

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