Putin and Xi meet at SCO summit in sign of deepening cooperation

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin held talks with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jingping, at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Kazakhstan on Wednesday.

This second in-person meeting in as many months is widely seen as a show of deepening cooperation between the two countries.

Putin and Xi last met in May when the Kremlin leader visited Beijing to underscore their close partnership.

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