{"id":82133,"date":"2024-07-04T21:13:15","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T21:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/xi-and-putin-set-out-ambitions-for-eurasian-security-club\/"},"modified":"2024-07-04T21:13:15","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T21:13:15","slug":"xi-and-putin-set-out-ambitions-for-eurasian-security-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/xi-and-putin-set-out-ambitions-for-eurasian-security-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Xi and Putin set out ambitions for Eurasian security club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>China\u2019s President Xi Jinping and Russia\u2019s Vladimir Putin pressed their case on Thursday for closer security, political and economic cooperation between countries of the vast Eurasian region as a counterweight to Western alliances.<\/p>\n<p>They were speaking on the second and final day of a summit in the Kazakh capital Astana of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), a club launched in 2001 by Russia, China and Central Asian states and now including India, Iran and Pakistan.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:250px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1843556\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSCO members should consolidate unity and jointly oppose external interference in the face of the real challenges of interference and division,\u201d <em>Xinhua<\/em> news agency quoted Xi as saying, warning against the West\u2019s \u201cCold War mentality\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>President Putin, in his address to the SCO, reiterated Russia\u2019s call for \u201ca new architecture of cooperation, indivisible security and development in Eurasia, designed to replace the outdated Eurocentric and Euro-Atlantic models, which gave unilateral advantages only to certain states\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He once again blamed the West for the war in Ukraine and said Russia was ready to freeze the conflict if Kyiv and its backers accepted Moscow\u2019s terms for talks.<\/p>\n<p>Putin said last month the proposed new Eurasian security pact should be open to all countries across the region, including current Nato members. But the aim, he said, should be to gradually remove all external military presence from Eurasia, a clear reference to the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The SCO nations represent new key buyers of Russian commodities such as oil and gas, as Western sanctions imposed over the Ukraine war have forced Moscow to pivot towards Asia.<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"multi-polar-world\" href=\"#multi-polar-world\" class=\"heading-permalink\" aria-hidden=\"true\" title=\"Permalink\"\/>\u2018Multi-polar world\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Putin also hailed on Thursday the increasing use of national currencies \u2014 instead of the dollar \u2014 in trade between SCO countries and called for the creation of a new payment system within the group.<\/p>\n<p>Western sanctions have left Moscow cut off from traditional payment systems such as SWIFT, while hundreds of billions of dollars in Russian foreign reserves remain frozen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe multi-polar world has become reality,\u201d Putin said. \u201cMore and more countries support a fair world order and are ready to vigorously defend their legal rights and traditional values.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"india-seeks-early-resolution-of-border-issues-with-china\" href=\"#india-seeks-early-resolution-of-border-issues-with-china\" class=\"heading-permalink\" aria-hidden=\"true\" title=\"Permalink\"\/>India seeks early resolution of border issues with China<\/h2>\n<p>Separately, India\u2019s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on the sidelines of the SCO gathering and agreed to step up talks to resolve issues on their border which have soured ties since an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1563892\">armed clash in 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>India sought \u201cearly resolution of remaining issues in border areas\u201d with China.<\/p>\n<p>Jaishankar said he agreed with Wang to \u201credouble efforts through diplomatic and military channels\u201d to solve the border issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRespecting the LAC (Line of Actual Control) and ensuring peace and tranquillity in the border areas is essential,\u201d he said, adding that \u201cthe three mutuals \u2014 mutual respect, mutual sensitivity and mutual interest \u2014 will guide our bilateral ties.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China\u2019s President Xi Jinping and Russia\u2019s Vladimir Putin pressed their case on Thursday for closer security, political and economic cooperation between countries of the vast Eurasian region as a counterweight to Western alliances. 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