SCO Meeting: Russia’s defence minister Sergei Shoigu defends China, slams US over QUAD, AUKUS

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SCO Meeting: Sergei Shoigu, the minister of defence for Russia, accused the US-led alliance of escalating the conflict in Ukraine and attempting to put China in danger by using the “Quad” and the “AUKUS” as a weapon. He was addressing in Delhi at a gathering of the defence ministers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). The US, Australia, Japan, and the host nation, India, are all members of the Quad. Gen. Li Shangfu, China’s Minister of Defence, attended the meeting. Sergei Shoigu claimed that the NATO alliance led by the US is attempting to achieve supremacy in the Asia-Pacific region...