Kyrgyzstan hosts pivotal SCO summit amid global geopolitical shifts

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan – It was a round table of some of the most influential men in the world. Representing Russia, China, India, Iran, Pakistan – and when they extended to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Plus – Turkiye, as well as the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres. Gathered here in Kyrgyzstan were countries at the centre of some of the world’s biggest geopolitical tensions.What brings them together is not necessarily agreement on everything. It is the space to pursue their interests outside a Western-led framework. Moscow sees that space as evidence of a changing world.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3EU or Eurasia: Why Putin sparred with Armenia’s PMlist 2 of 3China’s support for Iran shows its limits as US ramps up pressure on Tehranlist 3 of 3SCO slams attacks, sanctions on Iran: Key takeaways from Bishkek summitend of list“Over the 25 years since its inception, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation has evolved into one of the independent and influential centres of the emerging multipolar world,” Russian President Vladimir Putin told the summit.The organisation, he said, had grown from six founding members in 2001 into what he described as ...