Moscow (EFE).- Russian President Vladimir Putin assured today that Russia is the object of a hybrid war, but that the country will counteract and will counteract external pressures, by speaking at the telematics summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO ).
“Now, in fact, a hybrid war is being carried out against us, anti-Russian sanctions are being used, illegitimate and unprecedented due to their magnitude,” said the president, who stressed that Russia “counteracts and will counteract external pressure, sanctions and provocations”.
He denounced that for years, along the Russian borders, foreign forces have been carrying out a project to turn Ukraine into a “hostile state, into an anti-Russia one.”
“For eight years (Ukraine) they crammed it with weapons, encouraged aggression against the civilian population of Donbas and encouraged the establishment of a neo-Nazi ideology. And all this in order to weaken Russia’s security, contain the development of our country,” the Russian president stressed.
The Kremlin chief warned that “geopolitical contradictions are becoming more and more acute and the degradation of the global security system continues.”
He also drew attention to the increased risks of a new global economic and financial crisis, which he attributed to the excessive indebtedness of developed countries, social inequalities, poverty, as well as the decline in food and ecological security.
Putin appreciates the support of the SCO countries in the face of the Wagner Group rebellion
Putin thanked the countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) for their support in the face of the abortive rebellion carried out eleven days ago by the mercenaries of the Wagner Group.
The head of the Kremlin reiterated that a hybrid war is being waged against Russia, but assured that his country is successfully facing pressure from abroad.
He denounced that for years, along the Russian borders, foreign forces have been carrying out a project to turn Ukraine into a “hostile state, into an anti-Russia one.”
Xi calls on SCO countries to focus on cooperation, reject protectionism
Chinese President Xi Jinping, for his part, called on the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries to focus on “pragmatic cooperation” and to seamlessly reject “protectionism and unilateral sanctions.”
“We must focus on cooperation and be pragmatic to speed up the economic recovery. To do this, we must strengthen exchanges and learn from each other,” Xi said when addressing a SCO telematics summit.
Indian PM stresses ‘respect for sovereignty’ at SCO summit with Putin and Xi
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted respect for sovereignty and unity as the key pillars of the region during his opening remarks at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) leaders’ summit, with the participation of the Presidents of Russia, Vladimir Putin, and China, Xi Jinping, among others.
“We don’t see OCS as a large neighborhood, but rather as an extended family. Security, economic development, connectivity, unity, respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, and protection of the environment are the pillars of our vision for the SCO,” Modi stressed during the opening speech of the session. .
Iran formalizes its entry as a full member of the SCO and strengthens ties with Asia
Iran became a formal member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) after the summit of the leaders of this group, which is chaired this year by India and which is also part of Russia and China.
The Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, highlighted the role of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) as a forum to facilitate peace and security in Central Asia, during the summit.
Opportunity for Moscow to measure its support
This meeting, which includes several of the countries closest to Russia, represents a golden opportunity for Moscow to measure its support ten days after the frustrated rebellion of the Wagner mercenary group.
Among the members of the SCO is China, with whom India has maintained a tense relationship in recent years after several border disputes, as well as Pakistan, a country that New Delhi frequently accuses of promoting terrorism against its territory.
Tense China-India relationship
“Some countries use cross-border terrorism as a policy tool and harbor terrorists. The SCO should not hesitate to criticize those countries. SCO countries should condemn him. There should be no double standards on terrorism,” Modi declared in the presence of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
Both countries were already very far apart during the last meeting of SCO foreign ministers that took place last May in the coastal city of Goa, when the two foreign ministers refused to hold bilateral talks.
At the end of the meeting, the Indian Foreign Minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, went so far as to accuse his Pakistani counterpart of being “the mouthpiece of the terrorism industry.”
In addition to the rise of terrorism, the summit plans to address the main security challenges, in addition to formalizing the accession of Iran as a new member and starting the procedures for Belarus to become one in the near future.
“I am delighted that Iran is joining the SCO family as a new member. We also welcome the signing of the Memorandum of Obligation for Belarus’s membership in the SCO,” the Indian PM added.
These two countries would join the eight member states that currently make up the organization, which since its creation in 2001 has focused primarily on regional security issues, the fight against regional terrorism, ethnic separatism and religious extremism.
These are Russia, China, India, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, in addition to four observer countries: Afghanistan, Belarus, Iran and Mongolia; and six other partners: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Turkey.
Pakistan criticizes the use of terrorism to score diplomatic points during the SCO
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif criticized the use of terrorism as a throwing weapon “to score diplomatic points” after his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi indirectly accused Pakistan of promoting cross-border terrorism during the virtual summit of leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
The entry Putin assures that Russia suffers a “hybrid war” but that it will counteract external pressures was first published in EFE Noticias.