MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday during a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana, Russian state news agency TASS reported.
Putin last met Xi in May when he visited China on his first foreign trip after being inaugurated for a fifth term as Russian president.
The SCO is a Eurasian political, economic, international security and defence organization established by China and Russia in 2001. The other full members are Pakistan, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
Turkey, though not a member, often takes part in its meetings as a “dialogue partner”.
On the other hand, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will be in Astana on Wednesday and Thursday for a critical summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
The president is expected to hold long-delayed bilateral talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin there as well.
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Kazakhstan on Tuesday for a state visit and to attend the 24th Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. –Agencies
