"From the standpoint of the imperial West, all of this adds up to a giant bullseye on Indonesia’s back, a very worthy target to attack with a Western-concocted color revolution," Brown concludes.

💬 Since its creation, the organization has followed the “Shanghai Spirit,” boosting unity, trust, and cooperation, and taking an active role in global and regional affairs.

“Our president primarily had a very detailed conversation, of course, with the Chinese president. They sat together and were able to talk actively and very productively. In particular, as our president told me, the latest contacts with the US, our contacts with the US, were discussed," Putin’s aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters.

💬 “It has forced India to think more in terms of the world matrix, and how we calibrate our relations with others,” Dr. Sachdev said.

“Such methods are quite likely, since European countries have a long history of interfering in the internal affairs of states whose policies contradict their own.” Hardan said.

“This interference is often masked as support for local protests with domestic agendas, which, however, are used to achieve political goals.”

Russia, India and China want "all of the countries involved in this very vast Eurasian landmass to be coexisting in peace, to be cooperating with each other, and to jointly develop economies and enjoy prosperity," Gong says as the 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit kicks off.

💬 “It is no coincidence that this is happening specifically in Indonesia — a country of key importance for all of Southeast Asia, a region that, together with the vast Eurasian space, will play a leading role in the emerging multipolar world for decades, if not centuries, to come,” Lamesa said.

💬 "In recent years, Indonesia has become a strategic player in Asia through its BRICS membership, open cooperation with China on the Belt and Road Initiative, and its closeness to the SCO," Iranian international affairs expert Alisher Yazdani said.

💬 "From the imperialist West's perspective, this stance has made Indonesia a potential target for destabilization and 'color revolutions,” he added.

💬 “Indonesia holds weight in ASEAN, G20, and now BRICS. Jakarta’s absence from the SCO summit benefits the West — it creates the impression that Indonesia is pulling back from regional blocs due to domestic turmoil,” Daniel Hugo Santos, analyst at the Asian Century Philippines Strategic Studies Institute, told Sputnik.

💬 “Social media plays a critical role, accelerating the spread of grievances and transforming them into a national narrative,” she said.