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Putin, Xi Meet for High-stakes Talks in Challenge to West

Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping gather with other Asian leaders in the ancient Silk Road city of Samarkand from Thursday for a regional summit touted as a challenge to Western global influence. Xi and Putin will be joined by the leaders of India, Pakistan, Turkey, Iran and several…

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Ticking timebomb as Russia continues to occupy swathes of Chinese territory

Russian President Vladimir Putin is to meet China's Xi Jinping Thursday for the first time since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. Russia and China share a strong bond, facing off against the West, but the friendship is threatened by the unresolved issue of 600,000 square kilometres of Chinese territory near Vladivostok,…

Radio France Internationale

Xi says China is ready to work with Russia as global 'great powers'

Chinese President Xi Jinping told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday that Beijing was willing to work with Moscow as "great powers" during his first trip overseas since the early days of the pandemic.

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Putin and Xi to meet at summit of authoritarian states that will embrace Iran

Summit of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation comes at a perilous time across Eurasia

The Independent UK

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation fights ‘anti-West dictators club’ tag

SCO is not against any other country or bloc, says Indian Ambassador to Uzbekistan

The Hindu

Watch | What does India hope to achieve at the SCO Summit?

A video previewing the in-person Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit in Samarkand on September 15, 16.

The Hindu

China’s Xi Arrives in Kazakhstan on First Foreign Trip since Pandemic

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday started his first trip abroad since the outbreak of the pandemic with a stop in Kazakhstan ahead of a summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin and other leaders of a Central Asian security group. Xi’s trip underlines the importance Beijing places on ties with Russia…

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China's Xi visits Kazakhstan ahead of summit with Putin

Chinese President Xi Jinping has started his first foreign trip abroad since the outbreak of the pandemic

The Independent UK

PM Modi may hold bilateral talks with Putin, Raisi

The Prime Minister will reach Samarkand on September 15 for the SCO summit

The Hindu

For India, the buzzword now is ‘all-alignment’

Its participation in the SCO summit is a clear signal of pursuing multi-alignment with its partners worldwide

The Hindu

Iran may urge India to restart oil import

Chabahar, regional connectivity and Afghanistan on agenda for talks on sidelines of SCO summit

The Hindu

Great G20 power, great responsibility

India will have the opportunity to assume centre stage in setting the global agenda

The Hindu

China's Xi to visit Central Asia Sept 14-16 for regional meeting

Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan on Sept. 14-16, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Monday, in what would be his first official trip to a foreign nation since China all but shut its borders due to COVID-19.

Reuters

PM Modi to attend SCO meeting with Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin

MEA says PM is ‘likely to hold a few bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the Summit’ but didn’t confirm which leaders he will meet separately

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Putin, Xi to Meet in Uzbekistan Next Week, Official Says

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet next week at a summit in Uzbekistan, a Russian official said Wednesday. The two leaders will meet at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, held in the Uzbek city of Samarkand on Sept. 15-16, Russian Ambassador to China Andrei Denisov…

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Why is Xi Jinping's Central Asia trip important?

Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during a visit to the neighboring Central Asian nations of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan this month in what would be his first overseas visits since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak in late 2019

The Hindu

India to host Quad senior officials’ meeting

Meeting comes ahead of PM Modi’s visit to SCO summit with Russia, China

The Hindu

Modi, Xi weigh meeting as chill remains in ties

MEA backs German envoy’s comments on Beijing’s ‘outrageous’ claims on Arunachal Pradesh, in its latest message to China

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Clear analogy with South China Sea and Taiwan to India-China LAC tensions, says Kevin Rudd

Former Australian PM says Chinese infrastructure consolidation at LAC indicates it will not turn back or withdraw completely

The Hindu

India voices support for Russia-Ukraine talks

Rajnath calls strengthening of ties with SCO member states

The Hindu

In Tashkent, Rajnath Singh holds talks with Uzbek, Kazakh counterparts

He is on a three-day visit to attend meeting of Defence Ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation grouping

The Hindu

Morning Digest | At UNSC, India asks nations to respect each other’s territorial integrity; Daily COVID-19 cases in India fall below the 10,000 mark, and more

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The Hindu

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to leave for Tashkent on August 23 to attend SCO meet

The SCO defence ministerial meeting is taking place around three weeks ahead of the annual summit of the influential grouping.

The Guardian - UK

Putin and Xi ‘could meet in September’ at summit in Samarkand

Wall Street Journal suggests Russian and Chinese leaders could hold discussions in Uzbek city

Newslaundry

How can India leverage Shanghai Cooperation Organisation to further its interests?

About a month and a half before the next Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, the work on finalising its agenda is picking up steam. Apart from being of interest as the high table of the world’s largest regional grouping by geographical size and population, the summit will be…

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