The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is the world’s largest regional bloc, covering approximately 60% of the area of Eurasia, 40% of the world population, and more than 30% of global GDP.

The group finished its annual meeting, this time hosted in Uzbekistan – with many agreements and bilateral talks.

Aljosa Milenkovic has the details from Samarkand.

To discuss:

• Sourabh Gupta is Senior Asia-Pacific international relations policy specialist, at the Institute for China-America Studies.
• Dmitry Babich is a journalist and political analyst.
• Einar Tangen is a Senior Fellow at the Taihe Institute.
• Chidanand Rajghatta is Foreign Editor and U.S Bureau Chief of the Times of India.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulates India for hosting the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit, next year.

"We will support India for its presidency next year", said Chinese President Xi Jinping#SCOSummit2022

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