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Chinese President Xi Jinping urged SCO member states to oppose 'Cold War mentality' and promote a multipolar world, pledging $280 million in aid and emphasizing the importance of multilateral cooperation amid global turbulence. The summit also saw discussions on regional security, with leaders like Putin and Modi engaging in bilateral talks.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed support for a new multipolar global order at the SCO summit, emphasizing cooperation among developing nations, opposing Cold War mentalities, and promoting economic and security partnerships that challenge U.S. influence.
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Tianjin, China, for a four-day security summit with world leaders, including Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi, aimed at strengthening China-Russia ties and showcasing a post-American international order amid Western sanctions on Russia.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is hosting a major SCO summit in Tianjin with over 20 world leaders, including Putin and Modi, to showcase Global South solidarity and counter Western influence, amid efforts to improve India-China relations and expand the bloc's influence, despite limited cooperation outcomes.
China used a recent diplomatic event to subtly criticize the US for threatening global peace, just before hosting a major SCO summit with leaders like Putin, Modi, and Erdogan, where Xi Jinping is expected to announce new initiatives and sign a development strategy for the next decade.
India refused to sign a joint SCO statement due to its perceived bias towards Pakistan, particularly over the omission of the April terror attack in Kashmir, highlighting ongoing tensions and differing narratives between the two nuclear powers within the regional bloc led by China and Russia.
Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang assured his Russian and Indian counterparts of deepening bilateral ties, promising that "coordination and cooperation" will only grow stronger, in a show of solidarity with two of China's biggest neighbours. Qin met in India on Thursday with other foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, a bloc of nations spanning most of Eurasia, with Beijing seeking to preserve stable relations with countries in the region as ties with the West, particularly Washington, remain tense.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the Pakistani foreign minister, will be the first to visit India since 2011 to participate in a conference of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. However, expectations for a thaw in bilateral relations are low, as both countries have fought three wars since independence, and the relationship remains precarious. While recent unconfirmed media reports of backchannel talks between the two countries offer some hope, political polarisation in both countries makes the situation even more vulnerable.
India's defence minister, Rajnath Singh, has told his Chinese counterpart, Li Shangfu, that improved relations between the two countries depend on "peace and tranquillity" returning to their frontier disturbed by military tensions. The situation has largely calmed after military and diplomatic talks but the faceoff continues in pockets along the 3,800-km (2,360-mile) frontier. The two ministers met ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation's (SCO) defence ministers' gathering in New Delhi.
The defense ministers of India and China are set to hold talks in New Delhi on Thursday, marking the first such meeting on Indian soil since deadly clashes along their disputed border in the Himalayas last year. The meeting will take place on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) defense ministers’ meeting. Tensions between the two countries have been simmering since the deadly clash, and the lengthy disputed border has long been a source of friction between the two nations.