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At the 26th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on September 1, 2026, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping, with the leaders sharing a light moment ahead of the talks. Putin also held separate meetings with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines. The summit highlighted ongoing diplomatic engagement among SCO member states.
Russia, at a dire point in ties with the UK, said it will name a new ambassador when ready.
Putin invited Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan to Moscow for talks, disagreeing on Armenia's potential exit from the Eurasian Economic Union and signaling support for jailed former president Robert Kocharyan.
Russia slammed Kyiv's plans to rebury Soviet heroes.
Iran's president offered the US an olive branch before meeting Putin, while Putin commented on a failed Iran-US truce.
by WorldBrief & Maksim Micheliov | AI-generated summary