{"id":2492,"date":"2025-08-31T19:38:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T19:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/08\/31\/chinas-xi-says-sco-bears-greater-responsibility-for-keeping-peace\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T19:38:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T19:38:29","slug":"chinas-xi-says-sco-bears-greater-responsibility-for-keeping-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/08\/31\/chinas-xi-says-sco-bears-greater-responsibility-for-keeping-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s Xi says SCO bears \u2018greater responsibility\u2019 for keeping peace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Summit in China shoulders mission of building consensus among parties and stimulating momentum in cooperation, Xi says.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) security forum now bears \u201cgreater responsibility\u201d for safeguarding regional peace and stability, Chinese President Xi Jinping has told about 20 world leaders he hosted for a summit in northern China\u2019s Tianjin.<\/p>\n

Xi also underscored the SCO\u2019s mission for the development and prosperity of its member states as he hosted and addressed the high-profile gathering at a banquet on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n

The ongoing SCO summit shoulders the important mission of building consensus among all parties and stimulating momentum in cooperation, Xi was cited as telling the assembled leaders, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported.<\/p>\n

Among the most notable guests<\/a> at the two-day summit is Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on his first visit to China since 2018 after years of difficult relations in the wake of Indian and Chinese troops clashing in 2020 at a disputed Himalayan border.<\/p>\n

Also attending is Russian President Vladimir Putin, who faces an arrest warrant<\/a> issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in 2023 over the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

China is not a member state of the ICC and is not a party to the Rome Statute that founded it, so the court has no authority in the country.<\/p>\n

China and Russia have sometimes touted the SCO as an alternative to the NATO military alliance. This year\u2019s summit is the first since United States President Donald Trump returned to the White House for a second term starting in January 2025, and the gathering is a powerful show of Global South solidarity amid wars, conflicts and Trump\u2019s tariffs upending the world\u2019s economies.<\/p>\n

\u2018A meaningful direction\u2019<\/h2>\n

Earlier on Sunday, Xi and Modi<\/a> pledged to resolve their border differences and bolster cooperation.<\/p>\n

Modi said in his opening remarks that ties with China have moved in \u201ca meaningful direction\u201d, adding that \u201cthere is a peaceful environment at the borders after disengagement\u201d.<\/p>\n

He also noted \u201cthe importance of peace and tranquillity on the border areas for continued development of bilateral relations,\u201d according to a statement from India\u2019s Ministry of External Affairs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe interests of 2.8 billion people of both countries are linked to our cooperation. This will also pave the way for the welfare of the entire humanity,\u201d Modi told Xi.<\/p>\n

The two most populous nations are intense rivals competing for influence across South Asia.\u00a0A thaw began last October, when Modi met with Xi for the first time in five years at a summit in Russia.<\/p>\n

Xi said regarding ties with India<\/a> that he hoped the Tianjin meeting will \u201cfurther elevate\u201d and \u201cpromote the sustained, healthy and stable development of bilateral relations\u201d, according to state broadcaster CCTV.<\/p>\n

The two sides should \u201cnot let the border issue define the overall China-India relationship\u201d, Xi said, adding that economic development should be their focus.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs long as they remain committed to the overarching goal of being partners, not rivals, and providing development opportunities, not threats, China-India relations will flourish and move forward steadily,\u201d Xi said.<\/p>\n

Earlier in August, China\u2019s top diplomat Wang Yi flew to New Delhi, as the two sides announced their rapprochement.<\/p>\n

Both governments pledged to restart border talks and resume issuing visas and direct flights.<\/p>\n

Putin, who arrived in Tianjin on Sunday, is due to meet with both leaders in the coming days.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Summit in China shoulders mission of building consensus among parties and stimulating momentum in cooperation, Xi says. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) security forum now bears \u201cgreater responsibility\u201d for safeguarding regional peace and stability, Chinese President Xi Jinping has told about 20 world leaders he hosted for a summit in northern China\u2019s Tianjin. Xi also … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}