Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin used the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit to push for a new world order less dependent on the West, Reuters reported.
Xi urged members to leverage the bloc’s vast markets to deepen trade, energy, infrastructure, and AI cooperation, describing the SCO as a model for multipolar and fairer global governance. Putin echoed this vision, praising the group’s “genuine multilateralism” and growing use of national currencies, which he said could form the basis of a more balanced Eurasian security system.
According to Reuters, the gathering drew leaders including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and officials from across Asia and the Middle East, underlining efforts to project Global South solidarity.
