2023-08-16 07:35:28
Russian President Vladimir Putin once again used a security conference in Moscow to attack the West.
Conflicts in many regions of the world were only caused by the “geopolitical adventures and the selfish, neo-colonial behavior of the West”., said the head of the Kremlin in a video message on Tuesday at the XI. Moscow Conference on International Security. According to the Russian state media, more than 800 representatives from 76 nations are taking part. China’s new Defense Minister Li Shangfu was also a guest.
Putin said there are anonymous backers who play peoples off against each other and force states into vassal obedience in order to “mercilessly exploit their resources within the framework of a neocolonial system”. Russia under Putin has been waging a war of aggression against neighboring Ukraine for more than 17 months. The Kremlin boss has long accused the West of conspiring against everything Russian. Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz described this world view last year as “great power mania and imperialism”.
Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said his country wants to increase cooperation with Asian countries such as India, Vietnam, Myanmar, Mongolia, Laos, Indonesia and Bangladesh.
China’s Defense Minister Li Shangfu said his country has established military cooperation with more than 150 countries around the world and wants to strengthen it.
According to a Russian transcript of his opening speech, Beijing wants to raise the level of military ties with European states and the EU and strengthen traditional friendships with Latin American, Caribbean and South Pacific states. Li Shangfu, who took office in March 2023, is traveling through Russia and Belarus for several days to meet the two countries’ military leaders. (sda/dpa)
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