Overview

• Chinese officials said more than 20 heads of state and government will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Tianjin.
• Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Bin described the gathering as a political and security forum intended to strengthen regional ties.
• Xi Jinping will announce new measures to support the SCO, and leaders plan to sign and release a Tianjin Declaration, according to the briefing.
• Confirmed participants include Russia's Vladimir Putin, India's Narendra Modi and UN Secretary-General António Guterres, with officials also naming Iran's Masoud Pezeshkian, Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Malaysia's Anwar Ibrahim among expected attendees.
• China’s ambassador in New Delhi said Beijing places great importance on Modi’s visit, while the summit comes days before a large military parade in Beijing reported by Reuters.