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Is China's SCO a counterweight to NATO or just geopolitical theatre?

Once a modest Central Asian security forum, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation now pits Beijing’s ambitions against Western dominance, with its August summit casting President Xi Jinping as a champion of a new multipolar order. But internal rifts raise doubts that it can rival NATO.

Radio France Internationale

What Xi Jinping hosting Modi and Putin reveals about China’s plans for a new world order

China’s president, Xi Jinping, has been busy on the diplomatic front. China has just hosted the largest annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), followed by an impressive military parade to mark the defeat of Japan in the second world war – all accompanied by key bilateral meetings with…

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Russia blames war on NATO as it pounds Ukraine, demands territory for talks

Moscow tells the world it is open to talks if Kyiv cedes territories Russia has invaded as NATO summit kicks off in US.

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Xi and Putin talk up growth of their Eurasian bloc organisation as counterweight to Nato

At Nato’s 75th anniversary summit there has been, as you’d expect, a lot of attention on Russia’s war against Ukraine. It’s undoubtedly the most significant immediate challenge to Nato with wider implications for the rest of the globe.

The Conversation

Can the Shanghai club act as a counterweight to NATO?

China's Xi Jinping has urged the leaders of Russia, Iran and other Shanghai Alliance states on Tuesday to boost ties and resist sanctions, as Vladimir Putin thanked the bloc for support during a failed Wagner rebellion.

Radio France Internationale

SCO asserts inadmissibility of states using terrorist groups to advance geopolitical goals

The top leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) described any act of terrorism as "criminal and unjustifiable."

The Times of India

Eurasian foreign ministers gather in India on regional security

Foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation gathered in India on Thursday to discuss regional security matters, including adding Iran and Belarus to a union of nations seen as a counterweight to Western influence in Eurasia.

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In Tehran, NSA Doval meets Iranian President Raisi, Foreign Minister Amirabdollahian

In a statement, it said the Iranian foreign minister called for boosting trade ties and hoped that the holding of a meeting of the joint economic commission in Tehran will generate fresh momentum in the relations.

The Hindu

Need to root out terrorism collectively and fix accountability on its supporters: Rajnath tells SCO member states

Defence Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on April 28 deliberated on pressing regional security challenges and related issues at a conclave hosted by New Delhi.

The Hindu

India appeals to SCO Interbank Consortium members to increase cooperation

The SCO IBC is a multilateral financial organization established by the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

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