Putin Arrives in China

According to reports citing Sputnik News agency, Russian President vladimir Putin has arrived in China for a four-day visit.

The ‍first stop of this trip is Tianjin, where the Shanghai Cooperation Association (SCO) summit is scheduled to take place.

The Kremlin previously announced that Putin​ will hold meetings on the sidelines of the summit with​ Recep Tayyip Erdoğan adn Masoud Pezeshkian, presidents of Turkey and Iran respectively.

This year’s​ summit is⁣ described as the largest‍ gathering of the SCO as its establishment in 2001.

Experts believe that China and Russia aim to position this organization as an alternative to NATO and a new platform for ⁢shaping a multipolar world order.