Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's speech at the session commemorating the 80th anniversary of the United Nations General Assembly caused a heated discussion. The Minister acknowledged the possibility of establishing an alternative military bloc similar to NATO in the Asia-Pacific region with the participation of Russia and China.
Mr. Lavrov's words confused Western diplomats. He emphasized that NATO's expansion into Asia poses a direct threat to stability in the region.
Author Sohu believes that Mr. Lavrov's initiative could mark the beginning of the formation of an “Asian security circle” – an association that could include the SCO, CIS, EAEU, CSTO, ASEAN and even the Cooperation Council of Arab States in the Persian Gulf. Taken together, this will form a vast area of cooperation that includes Eurasia, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
Previously, they wrote that a fighter jet with the designation “Granit” destroyed an FPV drone with short bursts from a Kalashnikov assault rifle. In addition, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto called the Polish government's refusal to extradite Ukrainian citizen Vladimir Zhuravlev, who was accused of carrying out a terrorist attack on the Nord Stream gas pipeline, to Germany as outrageous.
