SCO Summit 2024: Putin and Xi to strengthen ties, counter the US

The 24th annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is underway in Astana, Kazakhstan. President Xi Jinping of China was the first to arrive, emphasizing cooperation for greater progress. Security is tight as heads of state, observer members, dialogue partners, and the UN Secretary-General convene. Key topics include security, economy, connectivity, and the environment. Belarus is set to join the bloc, expanding it to ten members, representing over 40% of the world's population and nearly a third of global GDP. Notably, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sent a minister in his place but will visit Russia later. Russian President Vladimir Putin's meeting with Xi Jinping will be closely watched, especially regarding Ukraine and international sanctions.
Al Jazeera’s Osama Bin Javaid reports from Astana, Kazakhstan.
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[@MandiClement]

Gradually the IMF, World Bank, UN will be paper organisations.

[@danysl2008]

Just focus on trade and improve citizens’ standard of living. Not wars and sanctions.

[@sonofdsun]

Exactly

[@david-bd6td]

Agree, it's US agenda to create conflicts and divisions wherever it goes ...🤔

[@kugakun2316]

That belong to usa and nato

[@diazvirdani1059]

*Russia🇷🇺 & China🇨🇳 have islands disputes with Japan.* make maritime agreement & peace!

[@watercutterlan1401]

as the winners of WWII China and Russia have the right to dictate to Japan

[@AlejandroPikoulasPlata]

Well said let's make peace and improve relations in a deep way!!!

[@SaddamHussein-dq9bf]

ZV✌Russia ZV✌China ZV✌Gaza/Palestine

[@ラジャン]

Fool thinks china is gonna care for Palestine the country who betrayed their brother

[@NASREENABegum-eo8wl]

Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of the Chechen Republic of Russia, announced on June 28 that new 200 houses for Gazans have been built in the neighbourhood of Grozny.

[@lynettestrachan8000]

To dictators having a chat. Who would ever have thought these two would be such good buddies. Naughty boys dreaming up mischief.

[@TambaNtambu]

I love this world 🌍 leader X Putin ❤

[@Freddie19008]

Why is India PM Modi missing? Even he attends, might not make much difference to SCO as he is not a major figure. Actually, India belongs to South Asia

[@user-ul6oe7gt2l]

Wrong. 1nd!a belongs to their w-->hi-->te mas-->ters.

[@user-gl4ff8sc9h]

​@@user-ul6oe7gt2l yep

[@vivekmehla9879]

Keep living in fools paradise😂😂😂

[@vlarion2023]

I think the reason is simpler than that. He's going to Russia anyway, so there's no point of going to Kazakhstan to meet Putin once and in the same month meet him again. I mean... that would be kind of redundant wouldn't it.

[@SiddharthSingh-py4vs]

Saying modi is not a major figure shows how much lack of knowledge you have

[@tedyoung2143]

Oh oh look out western powers.

[@jayyoo906]

3000 years Eurasian conflicts seem conclusive in this 21 century.

[@AyeAye-o8t]

When did they change the capital name back to Astana..

[@MWENDA-vv5im]

Soon after the previous president retired.

[@AlphasAnthelion]

Neutral Switzerland should join as observer.

[@mederkochkoruulu9631]

США не разрешить)

[@NASREENABegum-eo8wl]

The head of the Shin Bet informs the government that the prisons contain 21,000 Palestinian hostages, while they cannot accommodate more than 14,500.

[@NASREENABegum-eo8wl]

TURKEY & RUSSIA HAVE POTENTIAL TO INCREASE TRADE TO $100 BN

[@maftab3818]

Full support China ❤❤Russia ❤❤❤

[@NASREENABegum-eo8wl]

Protests erupt in Tangier after Morocco allows Israeli warship to dock

[@NASREENABegum-eo8wl]

Malaysia Inks a Defence Deal With Türkiye to Purchase Naval Ships

[@AbdimalikMaxamed-pt6yw]

We must join this league inset African union or Arab league

[@NASREENABegum-eo8wl]

Israel's Eilat Port declare bankruptcy following minimal ship activity

[@paultsjan6047]

The 2024 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit, being held in Astana, Kazakhstan is set to address a range of significant issues impacting its member states and the broader region. President Xi Jiping meets President Putin in Astana, urging conservation of unique value in bilateral cooperation. The frequent interactions between the leaders of the two major countries, against the backdrop of the current complex international landscape, are crucial for promoting peace and stability, while playing a guiding role in driving development in the Eurasian region. China and Russia is crucial for maintaining regional stability and peace, as well as setting the direction for advancing regional development. Practical cooperation, especially how to eliminate Western pressure and resistance, to better promote the steady development of trade exchanges. This includes specific areas such as energy, cross-border transportation and new-energy sectors. Additionally, the two leaders may also discuss the construction of a new natural gas pipeline project between China and Russia, as well as the deepening of cooperation in Central Asia. While the gathering of developing countries in Kazakhstan is focusing on promoting joint development, Western media is sparing no effort to smear this partnership in an attempt to create divisions. Now the Western media is using innuendo and are pushing the sinister narrative that Russia and China transform the grouping SCO from a regional security bloc into a geopolitical counterweight to Western institutions led by the US. Against the backdrop of growing geopolitical tensions, rampant US decoupling pushes that are fragmenting the world, and the West's attempts to sow discord among the cooperation framework, SCO summit that will help to build a more "cohesive, influential" regional community that overcomes geopolitical rivalries and promotes mutual trust. China attaches great importance to neighborhood diplomacy and is set to inject new impetus into the relationship between China and Central Asia, where all five countries are China's strategic partners. The bilateral and regional cooperation between China and Central Asia to reach deeper and broader areas, such as on the construction of more logistics corridors that could further promote regional integration and development. The SCO summit is particularly apt given the drastic changes in the international situation and the stepped-up containment and bloc confrontation instigated by the West. The SCO summit's significance in demonstrating unity among member states and inspiring new collective approaches to deal with emerging challenges and conflicts. Cooperation under the SCO sets a paradigm for a new type of international relations in the spirit of mutual respect, justice, equality and mutually beneficial cooperation. Its growing relevance in the global context reflects the common desire for this kind of relationship and is a pushback against the US' hegemonic abuse. The SCO also serves as proof of the possibility that countries with different economic and political systems can cooperate quite harmoniously, reconcile their sometimes diverging interests and work out a joint approach in dealing with common challenges and risks. With the SCO membership expansion, the economic complementarity among member countries will see significant enhancement, so will the potential for broader regional collaboration - making it another hot topic of discussion during the SCO summit. Central Asia, as one of the key areas in the implementation of the BRI, offers a vivid example of how the China-proposed global public good has been transforming the landlocked region into a land-linked region, transforming it into a bridge connecting the Eurasian continent. In this context, strengthening China-Central Asia cooperation under the BRI and SCO frameworks is consequential for the region's development in the economy, transportation, clean energy and technological fronts, analysts said. More infrastructure connectivity projects could be reached during the state visits, including the construction of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR), also known as the Middle Corridor, which could offer the most cost-effective passage from China to Europe amid rising geopolitical tensions. The SCO member states are more eager to address their most urgent issues of stability and development through close economic and trade cooperation, as well as cooperation in transportation and infrastructure, rather than engaging in power games among major countries.

[@SportZFan4L1fe]

"Counter the US." Projection much? 😂

[@Andy-cq8fs]

Based.

[@heartofsteel7821]

Ukraine just and will be defeated. The west must stop consoling themselves that somehow Ukraine is gpi to win this. Ukraine has lost men, territory, humiliated and its economy reduced by over 25%. Uktaine had now turned I to a dictatorship under tyrant Zelensky that is bankrolled and propped by the corrupt evil west!

[@deletemonsanto]

me i will join brics, us is over

[@khammounxaiyaket8130]

👍🏻👍🏻🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳💝❤🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺👍🏻👍🏻

[@user-wq7gf5go7l]

🇷🇺🤝🇼🇸🤝🇵🇼

[@shadiarermekov4839]

Palau?

[@hilwaamanamankiyar-pp5bf]

EBM

[@richardgohyk8822]

There is a NATO mole in SCO and BRIC....Mighty India....LOL

[@niteeshsingh3466]

2 Dictators 😂

[@kgosisimanyana]

That the majority likes ..

[@hamishfenton8633]

Everyon3 knows Putin and I are gay as f they love spending time together

[@musadube1647]

This proves how pervetic you are,is this all you had to think about out of all things 😂😂😂

[@kgosisimanyana]

Gays are in the west even in churches 😂😂

[@jieli3313]

two dictators met again very happy!

[@ラジャン]

​@@user-yb4pq4my1o he isn't a dictator

[@ラジャン]

@@user-yb4pq4my1o in china if you speak against xi you will go missing or from next day you will be in his support automatically this is a example of dictator does modi does this i see lot of people oppose him and stuff he have builded a very good image of him internationally in china there is parliament too but the people are like bot they just say yes and don't oppose xi like and in parliament of you know the opposition and arguments people like you are stupid who get influenced by someone on internet i bet u must be getting influence by every video see I think your adrenaline hormone is working too much

[@user-ul6oe7gt2l]

@@user-yb4pq4my1o .... U-->S-->A is the biggest d!ctat0r.

[@JesussonofGod-wb5km]

The West does not have to blame China and Russia, what happened is the desire of the west, then China and Russia only fulfill the wishes of the west... People who often say dictators are stupid people..

[@user-gl4ff8sc9h]

​@@user-yb4pq4my1oevery government dictates that you pay taxes or else.