Russian President Vladimir Putin will leave for a four-day visit to China, where he will take part in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit, announced the head of state's advisor Yuri Ushakov.
The summit in Tianjin will be the largest since the founding of the SCO, said Chinese Ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui in an interview with RIA Novosti.
„This year, the meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the SCO member states will be held in Tianjin from August 31 to September 1. It will be attended by more than 20 heads of state, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, as well as heads of 10 international organizations. This summit will be the largest since the founding of the SCO, which demonstrates the common expectations of member states to deepen cooperation and attracts great attention from the international community,“ he noted.
The SCO is an international organization founded in 2001. It includes India, Iran, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan. In July 2024, at the SCO summit in Kazakhstan, Belarus became a full member of the organization. Observer countries are Afghanistan and Mongolia, and partner countries are Azerbaijan, Armenia, Cambodia, Nepal, the UAE, Turkey, Sri Lanka and others.