Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday morning in the Chinese city of Tchien-Ťin performed at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit (SOS). In the speech he criticized the West, which he said caused the outbreak of the armed conflict in Ukraine. According to AFP, Reuters and Tass, TASR writes about it.
- At the summit, Putin criticized the West for the conflict in Ukraine.
- According to Putin, the conflict was caused by a coup supported by the West.
- He spoke of the need to resolve the main causes of the conflict.
- He discussed the leaders, including the Chinese President before the summit.
- He used the summit to support the alternative global security system.
“This crisis was not caused by Russia’s attack on Ukraine, but was the result of a coup in Ukraine, which supported and provoked the West,” Putin said.
He referred to the pro -European revolution in Ukraine from 2013 to 2014, after which Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych ended in office. Was duly dismissed in parliament, Moscow its end in office still describes a coup. The Kremlin then occupied and annexed the Crimean Peninsula and supported the pro -Russian separatists in the east of Ukraine.
“The second reason for the crisis is the constant attempts of the West to draw Ukraine into NATO,” The Russian President stressed. He reiterated that it is necessary to solve the “underlying causes of conflict” in Ukraine.
Before the start of the Putin summit, he discussed with Chinese President Si Jin-pching and other leaders about the results of his recent meeting with US President Donald Trump. In his words, they have achieved some “understanding” that can help open the way to peace in Ukraine.
Si Jin-Pching opened the Summit of the Heads of States and Governments on Monday morning. More than 20 world leaders, including Indian Prime Minister Naréndra Fashion or Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, gathered in the port city of Tchien-Ťin south of Beijing. The Secretary General of the United Nations António Guterres is also present.
Moscow and Beijing present ŠOS as an alternative to the political and security blocks led by the West. In this context, Putin has declared that the world needs “a system that will replace the outdated Eurocentric and Euro -Atlantic models and take into account the interests of the widest possible range of countries”.
