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Germany's foreign minister seeks India's help to bring Russia to Ukraine peace talks

India has resisted Western pressure to denounce Moscow outright following the February 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, though India has called for a cessation of hostilities.

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Court annuls Istanbul congress of Turkey's main opposition party and dismisses officials

The decision followed a legal challenge seeking to nullify the CHP’s Istanbul congress on 8 October, claiming procedural violations.

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Analysis: What happened to Trump’s deadline for Russia's reality check

After summits with the presidents of Russia and Ukraine, Trump said he would wait for two weeks to see if there is any progress towards peace in Ukraine. This is not the first time the US president has set a deadline for Moscow — however, he has yet to sanction…

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Tianjin test: Modi to meet Xi amid fragile reset

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit China’s Tianjin on August 31 for a summit meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) leaders including Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin. His last visit to China was in 2018 for the SCO Summit in Qingdao.

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India rejects signing Shanghai Cooperation Organization statement seen as pro-Pakistan

Beijing's bid for enhanced regional leadership suffered a setback when India rejected signing a joint statement put before members of the China-backed Shanghai Cooperation Organization

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Xi Calls for Stronger ‘Strategic Coordination’ With Moscow

The Chinese president met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Kazakhstan

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Will Pakistan foreign minister’s rare India visit ease tensions?

The South Asian rivals have always had a difficult relationship, but it is now at rock bottom.

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Riyadh joins Shanghai Cooperation Organization as ties with Beijing grow

Saudi Arabia's cabinet approved on Wednesday a decision to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, as Riyadh builds a long-term partnership with China despite U.S. security concerns.

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Turkey seeks to be first NATO member to join China-led SCO

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey is seeking membership to the China-led Shanghai Cooperation Organization as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attempts to forge alliances with friendly countries in the East.

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Putin says Russia able to mediate in Azeri-Armenian conflict; Yerevan unhappy with Moscow

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that despite the Ukraine conflict, Moscow had enough resources to mediate in a conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan after a series of border skirmishes.

Reuters

Putin Assuages India over Ukraine as He Courts Key Allies

Russian President Vladimir Putin sought Friday to assuage India's concern about the conflict in Ukraine as he works to court key allies, saying that Moscow wants to see a quick end to the fighting and alleging Ukrainian officials won't negotiate. Putin spoke while meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi…

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Putin tells Modi he understands India's concerns over Ukraine conflict

Russian President Vladimir Putin told India's Narendra Modi on Friday that he understood New Delhi's concerns about the conflict in Ukraine and wanted it to end "as soon as possible", according to a readout of a bilateral meeting published by the Kremlin.

Reuters

India's Modi, Turkey's Erdogan hold unexpected meeting at regional summit

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of a regional summit on Friday, in their first encounter in over two years since relations soured after Erdogan's comments on the disputed Muslim-majority region of Kashmir.

Reuters

China's Xi calls for effort to prevent 'color revolutions'

A Russian state news agency says Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned his Central Asian neighbors against allowing outsiders to destabilize them with “color revolutions.”

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Iran's Raisi Says Thwarting US Sanctions Needs New Solutions

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Friday that thwarting "draconian" US sanctions required new solutions, asserting that an expanding central Asian security organization could help defy Washington's unilateralism. Speaking at a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in the Uzbek city of Samarkand, Raisi also called for expanding free trade…

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Xi Jinping travels out of China to see Putin and other leaders. Here's why it matters

The leaders of China and Russia have joined other foreign leaders in Central Asia. Top concerns include Russia's war in Ukraine.

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Raisi Says Iran-Russia Cooperation Can Neutralize Limitations Imposed by US Sanctions

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that a delegation of 80 large companies will visit Iran next week, Russian state-owned news agency RIA reported. Putin and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi are at a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Samarkand, in Uzbekistan.

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China's Xi heads abroad to promote strategic role

President Xi Jinping is using his first trip abroad since the start of the pandemic to promote China's strategic ambitions at a summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin and other leaders of a Central Asian security group

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Xi to meet Putin in first trip outside China since COVID began

Xi Jinping will leave China for the first time in more than two years for a trip this week to Central Asia where he will meet Russia's Vladimir Putin, just a month before he is set to cement his place as the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao Zedong.

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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…

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Four-day SCO's anti-terror meet begins in India

NEW DELHI: A four-day meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO's) Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure or RATS started here in the national capital on Monday amid the presence of a three-member Pakistani delegation among other foreign dignitaries from seven other countries.

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