Kremlin hails Russia's special relationship with China

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Moscow's move to help Beijing build an early warning system to detect missile attacks showed the two countries had a special relationship.

The Kremlin spokesman declined to say when the system would be operational, but told reporters on a conference call that the move highlighted Russia's close ties with China.

"Russia has special relations with China of advanced partnership.... including (on) the most sensitive (areas) linked to military-technical cooperation and security and defense capabilities," Reuters cited Peskov as saying.