“SCO is not a counterbalance to NATO” – analyst
Published: 15 May, 2009, 15:43
Edited: 13 January, 2010, 09:58
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) meets with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (3L) and Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) outside Moscow in Barvikha on May 15, 2009 during an SCO Foreign Ministers gathering (AFP Photo / RIA Novosti / Kremlin Pool / Dmitry Astakhov)
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The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting is promising a more efficient framework. Ekaterina Koldunova, political analyst at Moscow University of International Relations doesn’t see the SCO as a NATO counterbalance.
The SCO consists of Russia, China and several Central Asian states.
On Friday meeting in Moscow the Foreign Ministers of member-countries emphasized the need to consolidate and become a more efficient security, economic and cultural organization.
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Please do no forget that America is the one that kidnaps people from their homes, takes them to Guantanamo Bay, which by the way righfully belongs to Cuba, detains them without trial, tortures them mercilessly, AND all in the name of freedom and democracy. Is this the kind of country you want Russia to be friends with??? And Russia has a huge Muslim population, and we all know that Europeans and Americans are on a mission to wipe Muslims off the face of the world, just like they did with the American Red Indians. So NO, russia does not need Europe.
Paszczak Says Russia is forced to seek allies among less democratic countries. Would that be anything similar to The USA aka NATO seeking allies in Georgia and Ukraine? We all know how democratic these countries are. Did not hear NATO complaining much about the way Georgia is stamping out its opposition. Why is it that the Russians have to take the blame for the evils of the USSR. Stalin who killed more Russians then anyone was Georgian, Do we hear the Russians complaining about what USSR did to them and blaming the Georgians for it? Largest part of Germany was under control of the USSR for as long as eastern Europe and they are very good friends and business partners with the Russians and we are not even counting the millions of each other they killed during the war. I guess some countries are more mature then others. You make it should that before you become an ally of the USA you have to be democratic. Do we have to go into examples of the kind of allies the USA had kept in the past or present? Maybe a Friday afternoon beheading in Saudi Arabia would remind you.
Vey interesting discussion. I really agree with everything Borec says. With huge movements like www.avaaz.org with 4 million members, and others, 2010 is going to be the 'people's year'. Beware any government which neglects its own national human rights. It is time for massive reduction in the gap between rich and poor in every country. The poor are such a huge human resource, all with ideas, energy and local knowledge. They need to be helped to achieve; they deserve decent housing, jobs and health services. If SCO can lead its region into a better world for its people, then it will be unbeatable. Grace