The head of the Kremlin, therefore, for the first time since the rebellion of PMC Wagner mercenaries will participate in a public event online.
Leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will hold an online summit hosted by India on Tuesday, July 4, to expand the influence of the Eurasian group, using the inclusion of Iran and opening the way for membership for Belarus. This was reported by the news agency Reuters.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend a virtual summit in what will be Putin’s first appearance at an international event since the uprising by the Wagner mercenary group.
Members of the organization plan to accept Iran as a member. While Belarus will sign a memorandum of commitment that will lead to its membership later.
The summit comes two weeks after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a state visit to the United States. Then the leaders of the two countries assessed the relations of the states as “closest partners.”
India leads the SCO this year, as well as the G20.
Founded in 2001 by China and Russia, the SCO has eight members and is a political and security group aimed at countering Western influence in Eurasia. It included the former Soviet states of Central Asia, and then India and Pakistan joined.
It may be recalled that Indian oil refiners have started paying for part of their crude oil imports from Russia in Chinese yuan.
We add that India and China in April of this year bought most of Russian oil at prices above the price limit of $60 per barrel.
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