{"id":6296,"date":"2025-09-02T02:08:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T02:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/xi-and-putin-take-aim-at-west-as-beijing-courts-eurasian-allies\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T02:08:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T02:08:55","slug":"xi-and-putin-take-aim-at-west-as-beijing-courts-eurasian-allies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/xi-and-putin-take-aim-at-west-as-beijing-courts-eurasian-allies\/","title":{"rendered":"Xi and Putin take aim at West as Beijing courts Eurasian allies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chinese President Xi Jinping with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Astana, Kazakhstan. —AFP\/File<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin took turns Monday to swipe at the West during a gathering of Eurasian leaders aimed at putting Beijing front and centre of regional relations.<\/p>\n

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)touts itself as a non-Western style of collaboration between 10 countries in the region and seeks to be an alternative to traditional alliances.<\/p>\n

Xi told leaders, including Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and India´s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, that the global situation was becoming more “chaotic and intertwined”.<\/p>\n

The Chinese leader also slammed “bullying behaviour” from certain countries — a veiled reference to the United States.<\/p>\n

“The security and development tasks facing member states have become even more challenging,” he said in his address in the northern port city of Tianjin.<\/p>\n

“With the world undergoing turbulence and transformation, we must continue to follow the Shanghai spirit…and better perform the functions of the organisation.”<\/p>\n

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Putin used his speech to defend Russia´s Ukraine offensive, blaming the West for triggering the three-and-a-half-year conflict that has killed tens of thousands and devastated much of eastern Ukraine.<\/p>\n

“This crisis wasn’t triggered by Russia’s attack on Ukraine, but was a result of a coup in Ukraine, which was supported and provoked by the West,” Putin said.<\/p>\n

Ukraine’s foreign ministry urged China to work towards peace during Putin’s visit, saying in a statement from Kyiv they “would welcome a more active role” for Beijing to help find peace “based on respect for the UN Charter”.<\/p>\n

Putin, meanwhile, praised Turkey’s mediation efforts in the conflict as he met Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan.<\/p>\n

And Putin later met his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian, the Kremlin said, with the pair expected to discuss Iran’s nuclear programme.<\/p>\n

‘Always insightful’<\/h3>\n

Earlier, leaders from the 10 countries — China, India, Russia, Pakistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Belarus — posed for a group photo on a red carpet.<\/p>\n

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Xi, Putin and Modi were seen chatting, flanked by their translators. Modi and Putin were photographed holding hands and held talks in the afternoon.<\/p>\n

Russian state media reported the pair spent nearly an hour talking “face-to-face” in Putin’s armoured presidential car before an official meeting.<\/p>\n

“Conversations with him are always insightful,” Modi posted on X alongside a photograph of them travelling in the car.<\/p>\n

Before their meeting, Modi praised the “special and privileged strategic partnership” with Moscow and added that India wanted both sides in the Ukraine conflict to “find stable peace”.<\/p>\n

‘Mutual trust’<\/h3>\n

The SCO summit kicked off on Sunday, days before a massive military parade in Beijing to mark 80 years since the end of World War II.<\/p>\n

The member states signed a declaration on Monday agreeing to strengthen cooperation in sectors such as security and economy, China’s Xinhua news agency said.<\/p>\n

Xinhua added that the leaders also admitted Laos as an observer country, or “dialogue partner” — the summit already has 16 observers.<\/p>\n

Xi held a flurry of back-to-back meetings with leaders, including Lukashenko — one of Putin’s staunch allies — and Modi, who is on his first visit to China since 2018.<\/p>\n

Modi told Xi that India was committed to taking “forward our ties based on mutual trust, dignity and sensitivity”.<\/p>\n

The world’s two most populous nations are intense rivals, competing for influence across South Asia, and they fought a deadly border clash in 2020.<\/p>\n

A thaw began last October, when Modi met Xi for the first time in five years at a summit in Russia.<\/p>\n

Their rapprochement deepened as US President Donald Trump pressured both Asian economic giants with trade tariffs.<\/p>\n

More than 20 leaders are attending the bloc´s largest meeting since it was founded in 2001.<\/p>\n

Many of the assembled dignitaries will be in Beijing on Wednesday to watch the military parade, which will also be attended by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.<\/p>\n

A train carrying Kim passed into China early Tuesday, South Korea´s Yonhap news agency reported, citing the North´s state-run radio service.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Chinese President Xi Jinping with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Astana, Kazakhstan. —AFP\/File Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin took turns Monday to swipe at the West during a gathering of Eurasian leaders aimed at putting Beijing front and centre of regional relations. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)touts itself…<\/p>\n

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