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Moscow and Beijing announce further cooperation during international group meeting in Pakistan

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ISLAMABAD (AP) — Leaders and top officials from an international group founded to counter Western alliances have met in Pakistan’s capital, with Moscow and Beijing announcing they will boost cooperation. The 23rd meeting of the China-and Russia-founded Shanghai Cooperation Organization was held Wednesday amid tight security in Islamabad and attended by leaders including Chinese Premier Li Qiang, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and the prime ministers of Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Mongolia. The next meeting of the SCO — established in 2001 by Moscow and Beijing — will be held in Russia in 2025.

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