- Prime Minister Shehbaz, Russia’s Putin, Indian Prime Minister Modi and other leaders attend the session.
- Xi talks about constructive participation in int’l affairs, opposes hegemonism.
- SCO has established a model for a new type of international relations: President XI.
The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, criticized on Monday “intimidation behavior” in the world order while gathering regional leaders for a summit.
He called the leaders, including Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Vladimir Putin de Russia and Narendra Modi of India, to “adhere to equity and justice … oppose the mentality of the Cold War, the confrontation of the camp and the intimidation behavior”, in a speech in the city of Northern Tianjin.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which meets for a two -day summit, includes China, Pakistan, India, Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrguistan, Tayikistan, Uzbekistan and Belarus, with 16 most affiliated countries such as observers or “dialogue partners.”
China and Russia have sometimes promoted the SCO as an alternative to the NATO military alliance.
“The current international situation is becoming chaotic and intertwined,” XI told the leaders.
“The security and development tasks faced by Member States have become even more challenging,” he added.
“Looking back, despite tumultuous times, we have achieved success in practicing the spirit of Shanghai,” he said, referring to the name of the group.
“Looking towards the future, with the world experimenting turbulence and transformation, we must continue following the spirit of Shanghai, keep our feet on the ground, move on and perform the functions of the organization better.”
XI said China will work with all parties in the SCO to bring the Regional Security Forum to a new level, while revealed its ambition for a new global security order that raises a challenge for the United States.
The SCO has established a model for a new type of international relations, XI said in the opening comments at the summit, adding that the forum unequivocally opposed external interference.
XI also talked about constructive participation in international affairs, opposite hegemonism and power policy, as well as the promotion of multilateralism in their comments.
The security -centered block, which began as a group of six Euroasy nations, has expanded to 10 permanent members and 16 dialogue countries and observers in recent years.
The United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said that China played a “fundamental” role in the defense of global multilateralism on Sunday.
Analysts say that China will use the largest summit of this year to demonstrate an alternative vision of global governance with the international order led by the United States at a time of erratic policy formulation, a retirement from the United States of multilateral organizations and geopolitical flow.
Beijing has also used the summit as an opportunity to repair ties with New Delhi.
Modi, who is in China on his first visit in seven years, and XI agreed that on Sunday his countries are development partners, not rival, and discussed ways to improve commercial ties in the midst of global tariff uncertainty.
