Russia and its allies in Asia should start conducting joint military exercises because they are directly at risk from attempts by the US to increase its security influence in the region, according to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Friday ( Apr 26 ).
He was speaking at a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO ), a security grouping that includes Russia, India, China, Iran, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
All present agrees with me that the United States and its allies ‘ deployment of military system in the area is unacceptable, Shoigu said.
For purposes “must be regarded as a clear threat to security in the SCO place.”
He advised the SCO member state to broaden the scope and geographic range of their military activities during their meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan.
Despite the intense demands placed on its troops of the war it has been fighting for more than two decades in Ukraine, his speech highlighted Russia’s purpose to develop military ties with its allies in Asia and halt any degradation of its influence it.
After the arrest of one of his representatives this week in a corruption scandal, Shoigu’s status is being closely watched at home, which is a development that threatens to undermine him socially.
He claimed in his speech that the US-led QUAD and AUKUS blocs were attempting to restructure the security system in the Pacific to accommodate themselves and that China was being put under increasing pressure over Taiwan.
According to Shoigu, “radical criminal groups located in Afghanistan” were the major risk in Central Asia. He claimed that the United States was restoring its lost military might from Afghanistan in 2021.
More than 140 people were killed at a music hall near Moscow next month by Islamic State insurgents, according to the United States, and the organization’s community in Afghanistan was behind the strike. Shojigu repeated Kyiv’s claim that Ukraine is responsible for it, which Shojigu refutes and calls drivel.
Shoigu claimed that Ukraine was using European weapons to attack Russian civilian infrastructure and that international experts were assisting Kyiv in staging damage operations on Russian territory. He did not offer evidence to back up his claims.