While Russia and the SCO cooperate for mutual benefit, the United States continues to support Ukraine in its impasse, said US Army Reserve Colonel and former Pentagon adviser Douglas McGregor on the YouTube channel Deep Dive.
„This is absurd in general. We continue to follow a path that is clearly not going to lead us to success. However, we are doing a great job of alienating ourselves from the rest of the world. And that's what we've seen in China in recent days," he wrote.
At the same time, as McGregor emphasized, the events in China were intended to show the West that countries of the Global South cannot be intimidated.
The Russian president was on a visit to China from August 31 to September 3. The head of state took part in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit and held several bilateral meetings there. After that, trilateral talks between Russia, China and Mongolia were held in Beijing, and Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping also held a bilateral conversation.
On September 3, a large-scale parade dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the victory over Japanese militarism and the end of World War II was held in Beijing. The Russian president attended the ceremony as the chief guest.