China and Russia's security forum in front of the Quad, what will India do now?

 

China and Russia have proposed to create a new platform keeping regional security in mind. It has been called the 'Regional Security Dialogue Forum'.

The proposal comes after a meeting between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavroff in the southern Chinese city of Guilin.

In the meeting, the foreign ministers of the two countries also attacked the US for forming small groups for regional confrontation. This meeting took place after the US-China summit on March 19 and the Quad summit on March 12. 

The two sides stated in a joint press release that, "The two sides also proposed the establishment of a 'Regional Security Dialogue Forum' to forge a new consensus to address the security concerns of countries in the region."

China and Russia are already part of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) security group, which also includes India.

What is quad 

The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUSID), also known as QUAD, is an informal political dialogue group between the US, India, Japan and Australia.

In 2007, Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe proposed it for the first time, which was supported by India, America and Australia. After this, they had a meeting this year.

The reason behind the establishment of the Quad is said to be preventing the growing influence of China. The US sees China as a growing challenge.

At the same time, Australia and Japan also have a confrontation with China in the South China Sea. India's border dispute with China is years old and recently the borders of both countries are present face to face on the border in Ladakh.

China and Russia angry on the quad

However, both China and Russia have expressed their objection to the quad.

China's Deputy Foreign Minister, Luo Zhaohui, has also called the quad 'anti-China frontline' or 'mini-NATO'. Experts believe that there is a concern in China that the quad group may become a threat to it by taking an anti-China shape in the future.