Russia's foreign minister on Sunday accused the United States of driving increased militarization in Southeast Asia, saying that Washington was trying to contain Beijing and Moscow's influence in the region.
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the United States of pushing the"militarization of this region, clearly aimed at containing China and limiting Russian interests in the region." Maxim Shipenkov/ Pool/ AFP/ File photo
Sergei Lavrov was speaking to reporters at Phnom Penh's airport after attending the East Asia Summit in Cambodia—and before flying to Bali for the G20 summit where China's leader Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden will meet.Washington is attempting to boost its influence in Southeast Asia, worried by Beijing's increasingly assertive behavior in the region, which it views as its strategic backyard.
As the Ukraine invasion has ground on, and with Western sanctions biting, Russia has pivoted toward Southeast Asia in an attempt to shore up its battered economy.
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