Overview
- Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a major address at the SCO Plus meeting on September 1, 2026 calling for an "equal and orderly" multipolar order and urging the United Nations to be strengthened and more representative of the Global South.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin backed calls at the same meeting to preserve the UN's central role and to expand Security Council representation to include countries from the Global South and East.
- The SCO summit concluded with the Bishkek Declaration, approved amendments to the SCO Charter, new regulations for countering security threats, and 28 outcome documents aimed at security, economic ties, and people-to-people cooperation.
- Xi used the trip’s bilateral legs to lock in deals, signing a China–Kyrgyzstan treaty on "permanent good-neighborliness, friendship and cooperation" and pressing a four-point Middle East security proposal during talks with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.
- The 25th anniversary summit underscores the SCO’s role as a platform for Eurasian states to coordinate policy on governance and development, a shift that could reshape global diplomacy and affect trade, connectivity projects, and regional security arrangements.