CHINA-RUSSIA/SUMMIT-START Russia's Putin welcomes China's Xi and Central Asian leaders for summit in Ufa

Record ID: 147678

  • Title: CHINA-RUSSIA/SUMMIT-START Russia's Putin welcomes China's Xi and Central Asian leaders for summit in Ufa
  • Date: 10th July 2015
  • Summary: UFA, RUSSIA (JULY 10, 2015) (RUSSIAN POOL) **** WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY **** VARIOUS OF CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING'S CAR ARRIVING AT SUMMIT VENUE XI GETTING OUT OF CAR, ENTERING BUILDING XI WALKING DOWN STAIRCASE PUTIN AND XI SHAKING HANDS 5, VARIOUS OF KAZAKH PRESIDENT NURSULTAN NAZARBAYEV'S CAR ARRIVING AT SUMMIT VENUE NAZARBAYEV GETTING OUT OF CAR PUTIN WAL
  • Embargoed: 25th July 2015 13:00
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  • Reuters ID: LVA73XZXRS81IDU820DWTTOPF9M6
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  • Story Text: Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping and the leaders of four Central Asian states at the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in the city of Ufa on Friday (July 10).
    The summit is expected to pave the way for nuclear-armed rivals Pakistan and India starting the process of joining a security bloc led by China and Russia. It would be the first time the grouping has expanded since it was set up in 2001.
    The SCO groups China, Russia and the former Soviet republics of Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, while India, Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan and Mongolia are observers.
    The grouping was originally formed to fight threats posed by radical Islam and drug trafficking from neighbouring Afghanistan.
    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart, Nawaz Sharif, are expected to join the talks later on Friday.
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