China and Russia are sovereign states, so they independently make decisions about whom to cooperate with. However, the United States is monitoring the situation, says Pentagon Press Secretary Pat Ryder during a briefing. “Each of the nations that you highlighted are sovereign nations. And they’re going to make decisions about who they cooperate with and who they don’t,” he said. Ryder emphasized that problems arise when cooperation between parties turns into malicious activity. Therefore, the United States continues to monitor the “friendship” between Moscow and Beijing. “Where it becomes a pr…