{"id":143899,"date":"2025-06-24T12:14:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T09:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143899\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"defense-minister-in-china-to-meet-with-sco-counterparts-amid-middle-east-tension","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143899\/","title":{"rendered":"Defense minister in China to meet with SCO counterparts amid Middle East tension"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/hrenin_kitaj_1128x752_20250624.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/hrenin_kitaj_1128x752_20250624.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/hrenin_kitaj_1128x752_20250624-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/hrenin_kitaj_1128x752_20250624-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/hrenin_kitaj_1128x752_20250624-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/hrenin_kitaj_1128x752_20250624-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Defense Minister Viktar Chrenin, wearing plain clothes, arrives in Beijing.\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(MoD video\/Pozirk&#039;s still)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 24, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Belarusian Defense Minister Viktar Chrenin has arrived in China to participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) defense ministers\u2019 meeting in Qingdao on June 26, the defense ministry\u2019s press office reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian envoy Alaksandar \u010carviako\u016d and Chinese military officials met Chrenin in Beijing upon arrival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SCO defense ministers\u2019 meeting will be held amid tensions in the Middle East following US strikes on Iran, an SCO member since 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minsk joined the China-led bloc one year ago. Established in 2001, it also comprises India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian officials vowed to expand ties with China following Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing earlier this month. Shortly after returning to Minsk, the Belarusian ruler unveiled a national soccer stadium built with Chinese funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus\u2019 air force launches tactical air drill amid Iran bombing raids<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 23, Pozirk. The Belarusian Air\/Air Defense Forces have started a five-day tactical air drill, the defense ministry\u2019s press office reported without specifying the location and types of planes involved. Crews are expected to practice evading enemy air attacks, supporting &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/143750\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 24, Pozirk. Belarusian Defense Minister Viktar Chrenin has arrived in China to participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) defense ministers\u2019 meeting in Qingdao on June 26, the defense ministry\u2019s press office reported. Belarusian envoy Alaksandar \u010carviako\u016d and Chinese military officials met Chrenin in Beijing upon arrival. 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