By Anthony Marcus for Eurasia Business News, August 31, 2025. Article n°1756
The Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed the results of Putin’s recent talks with U.S. President Donald Trump in Alaska, as well as other contacts between Russia and the United States. This discussion happened on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting in Tianjin, China.
“Yes, our president spoke in great detail, of course, with the President of the People’s Republic of China. They sat together and could talk actively, very effectively,” said Yuri Ushakov, the aide of the Russian president, to journalists.
“The European leaders are interfering with the efforts of the U.S. president Donald Trump, to peacefully resolve the conflict in Ukraine”, added the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov.
The talks between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump took place in the city of Anchorage in Alaska, on August 15. The meeting of the leaders in a narrow format took place in the three-on-three format and lasted 2 hours and 45 minutes. At the same time, the details of the meeting were not disclosed, since it is considered inappropriate, said the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.
At the moment, Vladimir Putin is in China on a four-day visit. It will last from August 31 to September 3. Prior to that, it became known that the president talked with Xi Jinping “on his feet” before jointly photographing the heads of delegations who arrived at the SCO.
The heads of state who arrived at the summit took part in a photographing ceremony. Not only the heads of the SCO member states were here, but also the leaders of those countries that will participate in the meeting in the SCO+ format. Putin stood between Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and Xi Jinping at the ceremony. To the left of Xi stood his wife and President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
In addition to the summit, the Russian president will take part in solemn events that are timed to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, and will hold more than ten bilateral meetings with the leaders of other countries.
The Meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Member States took place on July 15, in Tianjin, to prepare the current summit.
The SCO is a political and security group that seeks to counter western influence in Eurasia. The SCO welcomed Iran as a new member, bringing its membership to nine nations. The SCO also includes the four Central Asian nations of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, all former Soviet republics. The SCO leaders discussed regional security issues, including terrorism, ethnic separatism, and religious extremism, which have been the main focus of the organization since its inception in 2001.
The SCO is the world’s largest regional organization in terms of geographical coverage and population, covering three-fifths of the Eurasian continent and nearly half of the human population.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) currently has 10 member states as of 2025.
| Country | Capital | Language(s) | President/Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | Beijing | Mandarin | Xi Jinping |
| Kazakhstan | Astana | Kazakh | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev |
| Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | Kyrgyz | Sadyr Japarov |
| Russia | Moscow | Russian | Vladimir Putin |
| Tajikistan | Dushanbe | Tajik | Emomali Rahmon |
| Uzbekistan | Tashkent | Uzbek | Shavkat Mirziyoyev |
| India | New Delhi | Hindi | Droupadi Murmu |
| Pakistan | Islamabad | Urdu | Asif Ali Zardari |
| Iran | Tehran | Persian (Farsi) | Masoud Pezeshkian |
| Belarus | Minsk | Belarusian | Alexander Lukashenko |
The SCO was originally founded in 2001 by China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
India and Pakistan joined in 2017.
Iran became a full member in July 2023.
Belarus joined as a full member in July 2024.
The last Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was held in July 2024 in Astana, Kazakhstan.
The SCO is a major Eurasian political, economic, and security organization covering a vast geographic area and population, and it continues to expand its influence and membership. Several other countries participate as observers or dialogue partners but are not full members.
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