President Vladimir Putin claimed Tuesday that the Russian people were “united as never before,” as he sought to project confidence in the wake of a short-lived revolt, at a meeting of a rare international organization where he can find a sympathetic audience.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting, hosted via videoconference by India, was Putin’s first multilateral summit since an armed rebellion rattled Russia and comes as he is eager to show that the West has failed to isolate Moscow over its 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
He thanked the member states for supporting the Russian authorities during the short-lived armed mutiny mounted by Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, and said the West had turned Ukraine into “a virtually hostile state — anti-Russia." Putin has frequently lashed out at the West for its support of Ukraine in thewar.
He also took a veiled swipe at Pakistan, saying the group should not hesitate to criticize countries that are “using terrorism as an instrument of its state policy.” Sharif also hailed the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, part of China's Belt and Road Initiative, saying it could be a “game-changer for connectivity, stability, peace and prosperity in the region.”
"These differences have been aggravated by several factors: diverging approaches to global crises; contrasting views on nontraditional security threats; and, of course, the consequences of COVID-19 and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,” he said. Days after his return from a high-profile visit to the United States, Modi on Friday had a telephone conversation with Putin about recent developments in Russia, India’s External Affairs Ministry said.
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