China, Russia proposed new security dialogue platform

China and Russia proposed the establishment of a regional security dialogue platform to converge a new consensus on resolving the security concerns of countries in the region

· The proposal has been made to address security concerns of countries in the region.
· It comes in the backdrop of the U.S. - China summit in Alaska and the Quad summit (India, Australia, Japan and the U.S.)

· Both countries have criticised the U.S. and the EU for their recent sanctions on Russia and China and they have rejected U.S. calls for a rules-based order (a call endorsed by the Quad summit).
· Both the countries said that all countries must follow the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and uphold true multilateralism, make international relations more democratic, and accept and promote peaceful coexistence and common development of countries with different social systems and development paths.

·China and Russia are already part of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) security grouping, which includes India.

China, Russia proposed new security dialogue platform

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