More than 20 leaders, including Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Naréndra Fashion, meet at the summit. The Russian President also plans to meet Robert Fico on the edge of the summit.
Chinese President Si Jin-Pching opened the Summit of the Heads of States and the governments of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SOS) on Monday. In the port city south of Beijing, more than 20 world leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin or Indian Prime Minister Naréndra fashion, will meet, TASR writes, according to Reuters and AFP reports.
Beijing wants to cooperate with all the parties of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
Leaders of ten Member States SOS posed on a common photo on the red carpet, where they talked to, Putin and Fashion, before going to the Chamber.
In his initial speech, the Chinese President told the leader that Beijing would work with all the parties of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to move this regional security forum to a new level. According to him, ŠOS has created a new model for international relations clearly against external interference in the internal affairs of the countries.
SI JIN-PCHING: The current international situation becomes chaotic and intertwined
At the same time criticized “bullying” in international politics and leaders called “to observe the principles of justice and impartiality and reject the mentality of the Cold War and the confrontation of the camps”. “The current international situation is becoming chaotic and intertwined. The tasks in the field of security and development facing Member States (SOS) have become even more demanding,” he said.
Ten members of the SOS are China, India, Russia, Pakistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Belarus. Another 16 countries have an observer’s or “dialogue partner”. Beijing and Moscow sometimes highlight this organization as an alternative to the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO).
Putin will also meet Robert Fico during the summit
The Shanghai Cooperation Summit will be followed on Wednesday by a great military parade in the Chinese capital on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Asia.
Putin is also planning to meet Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on the outskirts of the summit, the counselor Yuri Ušakov announced on Sunday. However, he did not provide details on the topics of the meeting or its deadline. Putin and Fico last met in May this year in Moscow to celebrate the end of World War II in Europe.
