The two-day summit aims to promote a vision of a multipolar world and mutual trade ties amid Trump’s unilateral policies.
(Al Jazeera) – Chinese President Xi Jinping, his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have arrived in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek for the annual Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is also attending the summit, which marks 25 years of its existence.
The two-day summit, which kicked off on Monday, comes at a time when the world is grappling with the aftermath of the US-Israel war on Iran, which has upended global energy and financial markets, and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.
So, what will be the main agenda of the summit, and will the SCO leaders try to use the gathering to push for a multipolar world and Global South cooperation on trade and security issues, as United States President Donald Trump’s unilateral foreign policy has eroded the global rules-based order?
Here’s what we know:
