What Came of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit and the Xi-Putin Meeting?
What Came of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit and the Xi-Putin Meeting?

Author(s): Agnieszka Legucka, Marcin Przychodniak
Subject(s): Politics, Economic policy, International relations/trade
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: China; Russia; Shanghai Cooperation Organization; SCO; foreign policy;
Summary/Abstract: From the perspective of Chinese and Russian leaders, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit held on 15-16 September in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, was intended to show an effective counterbalance to the policy of the U.S. and its partners. However, both the summit itself and the meeting between Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, held on the summit sidelines on 15 September, confirmed the political differences within the SCO and the diminishing importance of Russia in the organisation.

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