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Russia on Wednesday criticized the United States for introducing a new Indo-Pacific concept it said was aimed at containing China. ...
The Indo-Pacific concept being pushed by the United States, Japan and others was to reconfigure the existing structure, he said.
“Why do you need to call Asia-Pacific as Indo-Pacific? The answer is evident — to exclude China. Terminology should be unifying, not divisive,” Lavrov said.
Russia knows that China needs to be contained. Russia more than America given that Russia owns a lot of former Chinese territory in the Far East.
But Russia is essentially appeasing a far stronger China while loudly blustering at the non-threat of NATO to conceal Russia's weakness with a veneer of scariness.
Although I'm all on board Russia's complaint about the name of our regional command INDOPACOM.
It should be PAINCOM.
