Presidents Nursultan Nazarbaev, Dmitry Medvedev, and Mahmud Ahmadinejad at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Astana on June 15. Radio Free EuropeSCO Security Summit: Are China And Russia Losing Patience With Ahmadinejad? -- Christian Science Monitor
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made his usual denunciations of the US at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) meeting in Kazakhstan, but Russia and China seem less interested this year.
There aren't many places Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the politically embattled president of Iran can go these days to find a receptive audience.
But the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the Central Asian security and trade group dominated by Russia and China, is unencumbered with any official US allies among its members and always seems up for a rip-roaring denunciation of the US and all its works by the diminutive Iranian leader.
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More News On the SCO Security Summit
China pushes Iran to return to talks -- Reuters
Russia urges Iran to be constructive on nuclear issue -- Reuters
Ahmadinejad calls for regional security alliance to counter US influence -- The Guardian
Iran’s president calls for post-Soviet security alliance to unite in alliance against West -- Washington Post
Iran's president calls for alliance against West -- Seattle PI/AP
Iran's Ahmadinejad Urges Central Asia to End Domination of 'Enslavers and Colonizers' -- Voice of America
My Comment: This is an embarrassment for both China and Russia .... but because of economic and strategic interests .... they are trying to find some mutual ground with Iran. I wish them luck.
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