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China’s President Xi Jinping on Monday unveiled the Global Governance Initiative (GGI) at the “Shanghai Cooperation Organization Plus” meeting in the northern port city of Tianjin. The summit brought together SCO dialogue partners and observer states.
Türkiye is one of the 15 dialogue partners of the bloc, which also includes two observer countries.
Speaking at the opening of the meeting, Xi said: “I look forward to working with all countries to establish a more just and equitable system of global governance and to advance towards a community with a shared future for humanity.”
Xi described global governance as having “reached a new crossroads” and urged SCO Plus nations to adhere to sovereign equality, respect international law, embrace multilateralism, adopt a people-centred approach, and focus on “taking real actions.”
As part of the initiative, Xi pledged that over the next five years China will treat 500 children with congenital heart disease, carry out 5,000 cataract operations, and conduct 10,000 cancer screenings in other SCO countries.
In recent years, Xi has proposed three similar initiatives covering security, civilisations, and development.
The Tianjin summit marked the largest gathering of the SCO to date and was the fifth time China has hosted the bloc since its formation in 2001. Around 20 heads of state and government, along with leaders of international organisations, attended the event.
Earlier on Monday, SCO leaders adopted the Tianjin Declaration, pledging to strengthen cooperation in the fields of economy and security.
An earthquake of magnitude 6.9 struck Japan's northeast coast on Thursday, but no tsunami warning was issued, no injuries were immediately reported and no irregularities were found at nuclear facilities, the authorities said.
As Western Europe battles a deadly heatwave that has shattered temperature records, disrupted transport and power supplies, and forced the closure of schools and cultural landmarks, attention is turning to whether El Niño is playing a role in the extreme conditions.
The U.S. Senate rejected a resolution on Wednesday that would have directed President Donald Trump to remove U.S. forces from hostilities against Iran unless Congress formally authorised military action.
The Kremlin has denied a Wall Street Journal report claiming Moscow is pressuring Belarus to support an expanded Russian military campaign in Ukraine.
Tens of thousands of people are still unaccounted for after two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela. At least 589 people have been confirmed dead and hundreds are believed to be trapped under rubble, as emergency crews and international rescue teams race to respond.
The United Nations' top human rights official has called for independent investigations into deaths in U.S. immigration detention facilities, citing a rise in fatalities among people held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
An aircraft roughly the size of a car crashed into Beijing's tallest skyscraper on Friday evening, triggering a major emergency response and a heavy police presence as authorities sealed off the area and gave no immediate explanation for the incident.
Montenegrin police, working alongside the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation, have arrested an Iranian national accused of carrying out a series of cyberattacks that allegedly caused an estimated $3.4 billion in damage to U.S. infrastructure.
South Korea is set to dramatically expand its unmanned warfare capabilities, with plans to integrate drones across all branches of its military as tensions with North Korea continue to shape the country's defence strategy.
Fertiliser shipments through the Strait of Hormuz have begun to recover following an interim U.S.–Iran agreement aimed at stabilising the waterway after months of disruption during conflict, industry data shows.
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