The Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit has wrapped up in Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana.

Chinese President Xi Jinping was among leaders attending the event and he addressed the gathering on Thursday. The SCO summit provided a platform to promote diplomacy and cooperation.

We begin with this report.

To discuss:

• Victor Gao is chair professor at Soochow University.
• Dmitry Babich is a Russian journalist and political analyst.
• Assel Tutumlu is an associate professor at Near East University.
• Zoon Ahmed Khan is a research fellow at the Center for China and Globalization.

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President @RTErdogan, who is in Astana for the 24th Summit of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, met with President Xi Jinping of China. pic.twitter.com/EPnt8qsNix

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