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Leaders to Meet at SCO Summit

Updated 2026-08-31 09:25 UTC 1 source Neutral

Kazakhstan’s Tokayev has appointed longtime adviser Erlan Karin as vice president. Meanwhile, leaders Xi Jinping, Narendra Modi, and Vladimir Putin are set to convene for the SCO summit in a bid to promote mutual trade ties and a multipolar world order.

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Al Jazeera

Xi, Modi and Putin set to meet for SCO summit: What’s on the agenda?

The two-day summit aims to promote a vision of a multipolar world and mutual trade ties amid Trump's unilateralism.

2026-08-31 08:47 UTC

Al Jazeera

Kazakhstan’s Tokayev appoints longtime adviser as vice president

Erlan Karin has served as a top ⁠⁠aide to Tokayev since he took over the presidency in 2019.

2026-08-31 09:07 UTC