BISHKEK, April 28. /TASS/. The United States and the collective West are destroying the foundations of the global security architecture, Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov has said.

Speaking at a meeting of defense ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states in Bishkek, he noted that the meeting is taking place amid an extremely unstable international situation.

According to Belousov, the production and logistics chains for Western arms supplies to Kiev are being closely monitored and exposed to the general public.

TASS has compiled Belousov’s key statements.

"Today's meeting is taking place against the backdrop of an extremely unstable international situation." The United States and the collective West are destroying the foundations of the global security architecture: "In an effort to maintain global dominance, the United States and the collective West are destroying the foundations of the global security architecture."