The visit of the Russian Defense Minister to China

The Russian Defense Minister arrived in Beijing this Monday with the official welcome of the Chinese Defense Minister Dongjun in the building of the Central Military Council of the People’s Republic of China.

In the statement of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, it is stated that “the Minister of Defense of Russia will meet and discuss with the senior political and military officials of China during this trip.

At the same time as the Russian defense minister was in Beijing, the Chinese army started a large exercise around the Taiwan Strait.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in a press conference after the 19th East Asia Summit on Friday that all efforts of the US and its allies are aimed at isolating Russia and China in the Asia-Pacific region. do.

Lavrov emphasized that the purpose of all practical steps taken by America and its allies in the Asia-Pacific region is to isolate these two countries and to draw many members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations “ASEAN” to their side.

The senior Russian diplomat also described the slogan raised by the United States about the creation of the Indo-Pacific free zone as contradictory and emphasized that there is no discussion of the open Indo-Pacific zone in the concept that the United States is following now. .