{"id":18643,"date":"2026-08-31T15:53:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T15:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=18643"},"modified":"2026-08-31T15:53:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T15:53:32","slug":"russia-china-relations-uncertainties-rising-xi-jinping-calls-for-stronger-china-russia-cooperation-in-meeting-with-putin-at-sco-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=18643","title":{"rendered":"Russia China Relations: \u2018Uncertainties\u2019 rising: Xi Jinping calls for stronger China-Russia cooperation in meeting with Putin at SCO summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133657058,imgsize-68140,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/kyrgyzstan-sco-summit.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018Uncertainties\u2019 rising: Xi Jinping calls for stronger China-Russia cooperation in meeting with Putin at SCO summit\" title=\"Russian President Vladimir Putin with China's President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Russian President Vladimir Putin with China's President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan\">Russian President Vladimir Putin with China&#8217;s President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Monday on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, with the two leaders discussing bilateral ties and international and regional issues.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>According to China&#8217;s state-run Xinhua, Xi said that under the two countries&#8217; \u201cstrategic guidance and joint efforts\u201d, the foundations of bilateral relations would become stronger and prospects would be brighter.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>\u201cUncertainties and unpredictable factors in the international situation have increased markedly,\u201d Xi said, adding that people&#8217;s pursuit of peace, development and cooperation remained unchanged.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Xi said China was willing to work with Russia and others to \u201cstrengthen the forces leading the reform of global governance and advancing an equal and orderly multipolar world\u201d, as per Reuters.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2><b>Putin highlights AI, <keyword id=\"38817428\" type=\"Denny\" weightage=\"20\" keywordseo=\"digital-innovation-cooperation\" source=\"keywords\">digital innovation cooperation<\/keyword><\/b><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>Putin said Moscow wanted to expand cooperation with Beijing in artificial intelligence and digital innovation.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>\u201cCooperation is successfully developing on all fronts,\u201d Putin told Xi ahead of their talks.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>\u201cDigital innovations, including in artificial intelligence technologies, are also opening up new opportunities for the economic development of our countries,\u201d he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>The two leaders last met in Beijing in May.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>The Kremlin said Putin and Xi also touched upon the Ukraine conflict during their meeting, though it was not the main theme of their talks.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2><b>Putin offers permanent visa-free regime<\/b><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>Putin also said Russia was ready to work with China to make their bilateral visa-free regime permanent if Beijing considered the move possible and useful, according to TASS.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/>\u201cWe are ready to work together to make the visa-free regime permanent if the Chinese side considers this possible and useful,\u201d Putin said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/>He noted that visa-free travel had helped increase tourist flows between the two countries by 43% in the first half of the year.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"34\"\/>The meeting came as leaders from several countries gathered in Bishkek for the two-day SCO summit.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"36\"\/>The grouping, founded in 2001 as a security forum by China, Russia and four Central Asian states, now includes 10 members.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"39\"\/>Xi also held separate meetings with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Kyrgyz President Sadyr Zhaparov on the sidelines of the summit.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"42\"\/>Mirziyoyev said he and Xi discussed further strengthening multifaceted cooperation between Uzbekistan and China across key areas.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"44\"\/>Meanwhile, China&#8217;s foreign ministry said Xi noted that China-Kyrgyzstan relations had developed rapidly in recent years and that a treaty on permanent good-neighbourliness, friendship and cooperation would provide an important foundation for lasting friendship and mutual support between the two countries.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a 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