Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov said that the military participation of forces outside the region in Central Asia cannot be allowed.
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Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov took part in the meeting of heads of military departments of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states. His to his words According to him, Moscow’s desire to ensure the military presence of countries outside the region in Central Asia and solve logistical problems there is unacceptable.
“We are closely following the efforts of countries outside the region to ensure military presence in Central Asia and solve logistical problems. We consider it inappropriate,” he said.
He noted that the Russian side is seriously concerned about the situation in Syria, Lebanon, Afghanistan, as well as the humanitarian disaster in the Gaza Strip.
