Overview

• China is hosting the SCO security forum in Tianjin with Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in attendance.
• Putin says the gathering will strengthen solidarity across Eurasia and help build a fairer multipolar world order.
• Modi’s trip is his first to China in seven years and is read by observers as a pragmatic rapprochement following higher U.S. duties on Indian goods.
• The SCO is cast as a counterweight to Western geopolitics, grouping members including Belarus, India, Iran, Pakistan and Russia.
• German broadcaster ZDFheute is providing live analysis of the summit, drawing on reporting from AFP and DPA.