Xi arrives for SCO summit, Putin meeting as regional bloc pushes back on US dominance

France 24 reports that Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Kyrgyzstan for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit, where he is set to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin. The gathering, taking place as the United States hosts G20 finance ministers, signals a regional bloc looking to counter U.S. dominance. The SCO, an Eurasian security and economic alliance, brings together China, Russia and several Central Asian nations.

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