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At a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit, Indian PM Narendra Modi publicly urged an end to the Ukraine war, delivering a rare rebuke to Putin that signals Moscow’s growing international and domestic isolation as non-Western partners recalibrate their ties.
At the SCO gathering in Bishkek, Vladimir Putin framed global competition in Darwinian terms, portraying Russia as ready to break the teeth of Western ‘sharks’ and signaling a hardline stance in Ukraine with continued drone and missile strikes even as he professes openness to concrete negotiations with Trump’s aides Kushner and Witkoff. He dismissed Western assertions such as Germany’s Leipzig attack claims and downplayed talk of a looming mobilization or a negotiated pause, underscoring that his focus is on winning, while keeping a channel to Trump’s circle possible for future talks.
At the SCO summit in Bishkek, member states led by India reaffirmed condemnation of military strikes on Iran, stressed respect for international law and Iran’s sovereignty, and called for a political-diplomatic de‑escalation. The Bishkek Declaration also condemned terrorism in all forms, opposed unilateral coercive measures, and supported a WTO-based multilateral system, while India signaled readiness to deepen economic ties with Tehran and pursue a peaceful resolution to regional conflicts, including through diplomatic means and a comprehensive settlement of the Palestinian question.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, speaking after a Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Kyrgyzstan, said Turkey’s growing relations with Russia and China do not signal a break from the West as Ankara seeks full SCO membership. He and Putin discussed deeper nuclear cooperation, and Erdogan urged a peaceful end to the Ukraine war while stressing Black Sea maritime security. He also noted Turkey’s pivotal role in the 2022 grain deal and framed the SCO bid as a way to diversify influence without abandoning Western alliances.
At the Bishkek summit, SCO members condemned US-Israel strikes on Iran and Western sanctions, reaffirmed Iran’s sovereign rights under the NPT to peaceful nuclear energy, and pledged deeper economic and energy cooperation while opposing unilateral coercive measures. They also urged a just Palestinian settlement and stressed adherence to a rules-based multilateral order.
Turkish President Erdogan said Turkey could upgrade its relationship with the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation to full membership, stressing it would not sever Western ties; the remarks came at the SCO summit in Bishkek and followed talks with Putin on Black Sea grain security and maritime safety.
At a Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, Xi Jinping gave Iran’s president a brief, low-profile audience, signaling Beijing’s calibrated balance: publicly distancing Tehran while quietly maintaining ties ahead of Xi’s planned Washington visit and a high-stakes Trump-Xi summit; the SCO condemned strikes on Iran and backed civilian nuclear development, underscoring China’s attempt to preserve leverage without taking sides.
At the SCO summit in Kyrgyzstan, PM Narendra Modi urged a united, no-double-standards fight against terrorism and called for dismantling its financing, recruitment, radicalisation and safe havens, speaking in the same hall as Xi Jinping and Putin with Pakistan’s Shehbaz Sharif in attendance; the remarks come amid broader regional security concerns and debates over the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
Chinese President Xi Jinping told SCO leaders in Bishkek that China intends to use the Shanghai Cooperation Organization as a key platform to advance the Belt and Road along with the Global Development Initiative and related programs on global security, civilization and governance, signaling a concerted Beijing effort to expand collaborative, high-quality international initiatives through the SCO.
Chinese President Xi Jinping used the SCO 26th Heads of State meeting in Bishkek to present a development-first, security-focused agenda: deepen regional trade and digital/green cooperation under the Global Development Initiative, promote people-centered exchanges, expand multilateral governance and dialogue, crack down on terrorism and external interference, and reinforce the SCO’s role as a platform for peace and shared prosperity.
At the Bishkek SCO summit, Xi Jinping unveiled a four-point plan—development first, security as a priority, people-centered approach, and dialogue for governance—aimed at embedding China’s Global Development, Global Security, Global Civilization, and Global Governance initiatives within the SCO, while leaders issued the Bishkek Declaration, updated the SCO Charter, and 28 outcome documents; China also announced an AI cooperation center for SCO, a China-SCO port economy center in Tianjin, and 100 joint technology projects over three years.
At a Bishkek pre-SCO press conference, Indian PM Narendra Modi told a visibly uncomfortable Vladimir Putin to end the Ukraine war for humanity, calling for a ceasefire and peace talks as the path forward; Moscow said any settlement must be on its terms and Kyiv’s conditions remain non-negotiable. India, a major Russian oil customer, did not leverage trade to press Moscow, signaling continued diplomacy ahead of BRICS and EU engagements.
At the SCO summit in Bishkek, China, Russia and India led a gathering of 10 member states (with partners) that positions the bloc as a counterweight to Western influence; Putin and Xi held talks including a plan for a permanent visa-free regime, while India uses the forum to hedge regional influence amid bloc disagreements, and Turkey seeks permanent membership. Analysts say the summit is more about optics and signaling than immediate policy breakthroughs.
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Bishkek to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit and hold nine bilateral talks with leaders including Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi, with a focus on the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline; he will also join the World Nomad Games and meet other leaders such as Erdogan and Pashinyan before flying to Vladivostok for the Eastern Economic Forum.
Leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, including Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, Narendra Modi and Iran’s president, gather in Bishkek for the bloc’s 25th anniversary to push a multipolar world and deepen Global South cooperation on trade and security, amid the Ukraine and Middle East conflicts. The agenda centers on economic integration, new transport routes and financial architecture—such as the potential SCO Development Bank and Silk Road–related corridors like the International North-South Transport Corridor—while balancing India’s strategic autonomy and its ties with both Russia and the West. Analysts say the summit will mix signaling with limited substantive breakthroughs as major powers hedge against Western influence.