Xi and Putin take aim at West as Beijing courts Eurasian allies

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During the gathering of Eurasian leaders, Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin turned to swipe in the West on Monday, aimed at keeping Beijing a center of regional relations and regional relations.

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) develops itself as a non -western style of mutual cooperation between 10 countries in the region and seeks to become a traditional coalition.

XI told leaders, including Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, that the global situation was becoming more “chaos and each other.”

The Chinese leader also criticized some countries for “intimidating treatment”.

“The security and development work facing the member states has become even more difficult,” he said in his address in the northern port city of Tianjin.

“With the turmoil and change of the world, we must follow the Shanghai Spirit … and the functions of the organization should be done better.”

Putin used his speech to defend Russia’s Ukrainian aggression, accusing him of mobilizing a three -and -a -half -year conflict, which has mobilized tens of thousands of years of conflict and destroyed most of eastern Ukraine.

“The crisis was not mobilized by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but was the result of a rebellion in Ukraine, which was supported by the West,” Putin said.

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry called on China to work towards peace during Putin’s visit, saying in a statement from Kiev that he would “welcome the more active role for Beijing” to help find peace based on the respect of the UN Charter.

Meanwhile, Putin praised Turkey’s mediation efforts in the conflict when he met the registration of Turkish counterparts.

The Kremlin said, and later Putin met with his Iranian counterpart Masood Poshine, Kremlin said, with the couple is expected to discuss Iran’s nuclear program.

‘Always Visual’

Earlier, 10 countries – leaders of China, India, Russia, Pakistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Belarus posted for a group photo on the red carpet.

XI, Putin and Modi were seen chatting through their translators while chatting. Modi and Putin held a hand -held photography and discussed in the afternoon.

Russian state media said the couple spent an hour spent talking “face” in an armored presidential car before the official meeting.

“It is always insightful to talk with him,” Modi traveled in the car with a picture of him on the X.

Prior to his meeting, Modi praised Moscow for the “special and privileged strategic partnership” and added that India wants the Ukrainian conflict to “find strong peace” to both sides.

‘Mutual trust’

The SCO Summit began a few days before the mass military parade in Beijing on Sunday, the end of World War II.

China’s Sinhava News Agency said the member states signed a statement on Monday that agreed to strengthen cooperation in sectors such as security and economy.

Xinhua added that the leaders also entered Laos as an observer country, or as a “dialogue partner” – there are already 16 observers at the summit.

XI flashed with the leaders behind, including Lukashenko-one of the strongest allies in Putin and Modi, who is on the first visit to China since 2018.

Modi told XI that India is committed to advancing our relations based on mutual trust, dignity and sensitivity.

The two largest population in the world is intense rivals, which are competing for influence in South Asia, and they fought a deadly border conflict in 2020.

A melting began last October, when Modi met XI for the first time in a summit in Russia for the first time in five years.

When US President Donald Trump pressured both Asian economic giants at trade prices, their utility deepened.

Since its establishment in 2001, more than 20 leaders have been attending the biggest block meeting.

Many respected people will be in Beijing on Wednesday to see the military parade, which will also be attended by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

South Korea’s Yun Hop News Agency, citing North’s official radio service, reported a train carrying Kim in China early Tuesday.