A Counterweight to the U.S. and a Stage for Putin and Xi: How the West Saw the SCO Summit
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- The anniversary Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Bishkek drew attention from major Western news agencies.
- Coverage focused on meetings between Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin and Narendra Modi, as well as the war in Ukraine, tensions with the United States and divisions within the SCO.
The anniversary Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Bishkek attracted close attention from major Western news agencies. In much of that coverage, Kyrgyzstan appeared mainly as the venue for a larger diplomatic performance.
The central story was China and Russiaโs effort to demonstrate the emergence of a world order positioned as an alternative to the West. Reports concentrated on the meetings of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Western coverage also examined the war in Ukraine, the confrontation with the United States and internal disagreements within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
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Originally published by 24.kg in Russian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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