Among the names confirmed for the meeting are Russian presidents Vladimir Putin, Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Iran, Masud Pezeshkian
The president of the, received on Saturday (30) the first foreign leaders who will attend an international summit meeting to promote an alternative world governance to the Western. XI received the secretary general of, reported the state press on the eve of the meeting of the Organization for Cooperation of Shanghai (OCX), which will take place on Sunday (31) and Monday (1st) in the coastal city of Tianjin (north).
The heads of government of Egypt, Cambodia and Nepal have also arrived in the country, as well as the leader of the Mianmar Military Junta, Min Aung Hlaing, and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Nearly 20 heads of state and government will participate, along with representatives of various international organizations, in the largest OCX meeting since its foundation in 2001.
Among the confirmed names are the presidents of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Iran, Masud Pezeshkian. Putin and Pezeshkian will remain in China until next Wednesday (3) to accompany a military parade in Beijing, which will celebrate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. The parade, which will also be attended by the North Korean leader, will display the latest equipment from the Chinese Armed Forces.
According to the official communication of the Chinese government, the parade aims to be a demonstration of strength and a statement of the will of peace of the Asian country, whose military power would be a guarantee of stability in an increasingly turbulent world.
At the same time, the OCX dome gathering is presented as a model of multilateralism, far from the “mentalities of the Cold War and the obsolete notions of geopolitical confrontation,” said state agency Xinhua.
OCX is integrated by China, India, Russia, Pakistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrguistan, Tajiquistan, Uzbekistan and Belarus, with 16 other affiliated countries as observers or “dialogue partners”. The block, often presented as a counterweight, represents almost half of the world’s population and a significant part of global GDP.
*With information from AFP
Posted by Nicolas Robert
