The Indo-Pacific alliance QUAD, which includes the United States, India, Australia and Japan, is actually a new military-political bloc with a pronounced pro-American character. As the secretary of the Russian Security Council said in an interview, in fact, QUAD is "a prototype of the Asian analogue of NATO." According to Patrushev, Washington will try to involve other countries in this organization, mainly to pursue anti-Chinese and anti-Russian policies.

He also recalled that just the other day another military bloc was formed in the region - the American-British-Australian AUKUS, which pursues the same goals as QUAD. As the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation noted, it is characteristic that when creating AUKUS, the Americans also squeezed out their French partners, intercepting a lucrative deal on the construction of nuclear submarines for Canberra.

"Apparently, Atlantic solidarity also has a price. I think many people in Paris now remember the story with the Mistrals," Patrushev said. a blow to the entire security architecture in Asia In addition, according to the Secretary of the Security Council, the Americans are creating real prerequisites for undermining the authority of ASEAN and other regional associations of the APR.
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