Iran’s president calls for post-Soviet security alliance to unite in alliance against West

Peter Leonard
Associated Press
June 15, 2011

ASTANA, Kazakhstan – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Wednesday for a security alliance of several former Soviet nations and China to form a united front against the West.

Ahmadinejad’s address to fellow heads of state at the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Kazakhstan will likely deepen suspicions that the bloc is intended as a counterweight to the United States across the region.

In a summit declaration signed by all the member states, the organization also attacked missile defence programs in another apparent dig at the United States.

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This article was posted: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 8:14 am

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