Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the deployment of US military facilities on the territory of SCO countries is unacceptable. His words lead the way TASS.
“Such intentions should be seen as a direct threat to stability in the SCO area,” he stressed.
Shoigu expressed his hope that all participants of the meeting of the SCO Council of Defense Ministers will act unanimously that the deployment of the military infrastructure of the United States and its allies on the territory of the SCO countries is unacceptable.
The Minister also emphasized that the course of NATO and the European Union towards aggravating relations with the Russian Federation negatively affects the situation in the area of ​​responsibility of the SCO.
Before that, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev statedThat Kazakhstan continues to maintain good relations with the United States.
The SCO was established in Shanghai on June 15, 2001. Pakistan and India also joined the organization, which has included Russia, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan since its establishment, in 2017. Although Iran has been an SCO observer since 2005, it became the ninth member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization on July 4, 2023. The late entry is explained by the inability to join international organizations due to UN sanctions until 2016.
Previously Shoigu announced The imminent entry of Belarus into the SCO.
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Source: Gazeta
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