NEW DELHI (AP) - Russia on Wednesday (Jan 15) criticised the United States for introducing a new Indo-Pacific concept it said was aimed at containing China.

Addressing a global conference in the Indian capital to discuss the most challenging issues facing the world community, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Asia-Pacific cooperation until now was centred on South-east Asia.

The Indo-Pacific concept being pushed by the US, Japan and others was to reconfigure the existing structure, he said.