Russia, China leaders to meet at Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit
The organisation is not officially anti-West, but Russian and Chinese leaders have used it to amplify their worldview. Russia’s Vladimir Putin, China’s Xi Jinping and more than a dozen other leaders are set to gather in Kyrgyzstan on Monday for the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).
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Key Facts
- Fact 1: Iran joined the bloc in 2023 and maintains close military ties to Russia and energy links with China.
- Fact 2: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov shakes hands with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on the sidelines of the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in Kyrgyzstan in July 2026 [Russian Foreign Ministry/Reuters]Alongside the SCO’s 10 permanent members, another 15 states are connected as “dialogue partners”, including Turkiye, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
- Fact 3: The bloc claims to represent some 40 percent of the world’s population and 25 percent of global GDP.
- Fact 4: This year marks 25 years since the SCO was founded.
The organisation is not officially anti-West, but Russian and Chinese leaders have used it to amplify their worldview. Russia’s Vladimir Putin, China’s Xi Jinping and more than a dozen other leaders are set to gather in Kyrgyzstan on Monday for the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation has historically focused on economic issues, but President Putin and President Xi have also used the summit to promote their vision of a multipolar world and to present a united front against the West. Russia-China ties ‘stabilising’ force in world, Putin says before Xi talks China’s Xi Jinping launches new AI alliance: What is it? China’s Xi to visit Kyrgyzstan, Egypt The SCO’s founding declaration says the group is “not an alliance directed against other states”.
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