Chinese President Xi Jinping opened the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s 25th summit in Tianjin, where leaders from more than 20 nations, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, are attending.
The two-day gathering, described as the largest in the SCO’s history, is expected to adopt the Tianjin Declaration and approve the group’s 2035 development strategy.
The two-day meeting gathers leaders from more than 20 nations, including China, Russia, Türkiye, India, Iran, Pakistan, the Central Asian republics, and states across the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia. Chinese President Xi Jinping is presiding, marking the fifth time China has hosted the summit since the SCO was founded in 2001.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit is his first to China in seven years, seen as a sign of warmer relations between the neighbours.
Azerbaijan in focus
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived on Sunday, meeting Xi Jinping before holding bilateral talks with major Chinese state and private companies. Xi expressed support for Azerbaijan’s bid to become a full SCO member, upgrading from its current status as dialogue partner. The two countries signed agreements on infrastructure, energy, digital economy, green development and artificial intelligence.
Diplomatic activity
China and Armenia also announced a new strategic partnership. The summit featured high-level engagement with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and UN Secretary-General António Guterres among those attending. Cordial interactions between Aliyev, Erdoğan and Pashinyan drew particular attention.
Xi Jinping stressed the SCO’s responsibility for regional peace and development, urging member states to deepen cooperation.
Key agenda
As the summit enters its second day, Modi is expected to meet Putin and address the plenary. Leaders will present their national perspectives as the group prepares to adopt the “Tianjin Declaration” and a long-term development strategy to 2035.
The agenda includes tackling terrorism, cybersecurity and biosafety, as well as advancing trade, connectivity and transport projects tied to China’s Belt and Road Initiative. More than 20 agreements are due to be signed, covering security, economic cooperation and digital transformation.
Xi pledges deeper cooperation within SCO
China will work with all members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to raise the regional security forum to a higher level, President Xi Jinping said on Monday, setting out his vision for a new global security framework that challenges the United States.
Opening the two-day summit in Tianjin, northern China, Xi told more than 20 world leaders that the SCO had become a model for a new kind of international relations and stood firmly against outside interference.
The gathering was attended by Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and leaders from Central Asia, the Middle East, South Asia and Southeast Asia, marking a significant show of Global South unity.
In his address, Xi emphasised constructive engagement in international affairs, rejecting hegemonism and power politics, while promoting multilateralism.
Founded as a bloc of six Eurasian countries, the SCO has since grown to 10 full members along with 16 dialogue partners and observer states.
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