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and a fisherman on the north coast of she lanka, fighting for their livelihoods at the time they can barely afford to power their votes. ah, i'm british minded. you welcome to d. w. a news asia. glad you could join us. a series of meetings involving russia and china begin today at a regional summit that both countries hope will challenge a u. s. lead international order being held in that was big city of samarc on the leaders meeting of the so called shanghai corporation organization takes place today and tomorrow. the group comprises 8 members, including china, russia, india, and the central nation republics of kazakhstan gets done. the geek is done and others iran just applied to be a member. the su was formed some 20 years back and is a political,

economic and strategic grouping of nations. but russia and china are hoping it could be more, namely, a counter wait to a western lead world order. take, for instance, what kremlin foreign policy advisor yury or shock of said earlier this week i caught, the su offers a real alternative to weston centric organizations. and the chinese secretary general of the organization agrees, boy ha, ha, tacoma. i think, given the profound global changes that we are witnessing, members of the international community are expecting a new type of international relations and goal based on mutual respect, based on equity based on justice. and also based on mutual

benefit america, they recognized that the essence of the s c. o, charter and the shanghai spirit reflect this new type of international relations county season. and a meeting between the chinese and russian president is part of this attempt to define a new type of international relations. both leaders are meeting of the se or summit to day. they met last time in february this year ahead of the beijing winter olympics. that's where they announced or no limits partnership between the 2 countries. the meeting today is expected to build on that partnership, especially in light of the recent reverses in ukraine. faced by russia, you'd hear a shuttle heads d daniels, moscow bureau, and he offered this assessment from the law firm, capital rigor. what are moscow? bureau operates? china hasn't only been important for us, is february 24th. ah, but already since 2014, when russia and next gray mia, all ready?

back then there was suddenly a beaker reefed in relations between moscow and to the west. and that was at the moment when the russia recognized the importance of china for itself. now, china is supposed to compensate economically for everything that the russians are suddenly missing because of the impact of western sanctions. let's get some context on this from read standers. she's a journalist for radio free europe and covers china and its influence in the eurasia region. read, there's lots to unpack, careless to start with the ties between china and russia. first, are we looking at both countries reaffirming their nor limits partnership agreed to back in february? absolutely, i think the, a big part of this is about reaffirming the tie between basic and moscow that certainly the message that she and newton are hoping to send to the world and especially to the west. but it mustn't. they're there the discussion about no limits. partnership, i think we've also learned in the last 7 months of war that there is actually some

limits. so as much as china has stood by russia throughout the war and provide them diplomatic support and also, you know, bought out things like cheap brush in energy. that's been put onto the market and supporting the russian to call you that way. china has also been very cautious not to explicitly endorsed the invasion of ukraine, and also has just generally tried to walk away from some of the spider appointment to avoid secondary sanctions on its own economy. so i think we're going to see you straddling a line bill. but the other methods that they want offended that basic and mock out their ties have not been broken, even if on culture scrutiny that i'd be strained. and i want to see a demonstration of this, the se, meeting itself. i'm the reason i ask is because we heard 2nd general john being saying that the, if the represents a new type of international relations, the kremlin, has talked of an alternative to western centric organizations. i'll be there

foreseeing the beginnings of a new counter to the western global order. well, that's certainly the, the main for it and kind of the glue that stick beijing and mock together is idea of trying to create an alternative to the western lag order that most people would be familiar with. whether that can succeed. i think it's really the question that that and here is clearly the fact that she had chosen the the 1st part of his 1st trip abroad since january 2020 obviously shows what a big deal it is debating and especially him in visual and as a leader, and so i think the wine that's going to be difficult for she and for food and is you know how they can deal with the shadow that being taught by the ukraine boy over the broader goal. i'm trying to show this alternative world orders because the

follow from the war has occurred at your age. quite significant, especially if we look at the central asian country economy, which has been quite tied to russia generally. they've also watched the russian revenge of them and nationalism that rise in the ukraine. and that's also sparking diet, even theories that perhaps they to be in particular the case because it's been, it's actually been done prod, some diplomatic up between the russians and the cows that so it's going to be difficult for david to unite everyone under one banner which is generally, i think difficulty of the, you know, as much as maybe there might be some kind of unity around this idea of pushing back against the western, my order of rivalry and divisions between them. let's talk about the centralization countries. i mean, you brought it up with traditionally they were closer to russia than they were to china. then the fall out of the ukraine war, are they looking at perhaps something coming from china? they really do. they want to be closer to china as a buffer against russia is i'm looking for i think, definitely, i mean if you're,

if you're looking at your state right now, and russia has, where you adoptions in ukraine, both the invasion and then also just looking long term at the state of the economy, they're obviously looking for alternatives. you know, the european union, the united states, have been in the bills from that part of the world for quite some time. we have seen some diplomatic outreach to the middle east and especially to turkey from central asia and in the last 6 months. but i think china is really the big ticket in the worlds 2nd largest economy. it's already been building out the economic and political ties and enjoys are per decade and china. it's big 1000000 that wants to continue to deep and grow that relationship. and that's a big part about what is it all about actually, but it's still, it's going to be tougher beijing to do the strategy that line again, between how do we show that we are in the, you know, quote unquote, know,

limited partnership with the russian and at the same time, show the central asian that we can look after their interest and protect their sovereignty, which perhaps in some ways and capitol point of view might be kind of contradictory point that the other stage briefly read. is this an opportunity for china to increase its influence in central asia? without a doubt, i would say, even before this summit, china had been doing so. and this is been a back to gasoline on a fire that burns quite strongly for, for a long time. we see that a lot of interest across the region to, to bring in chinese investments and try and deepen those ties. and i think, you know, china is going to have more than a share of opportunity. we're leaving them for the time being on as opposed to talking to read standards from radio free europe. thanks so much. thank you. ah, in sri lanka, a huge communications tower, financed by a chinese investment,

has opened to tourists for the 1st time. the 350 meter, tall, green, and purple colombo daughters tower was built at a cost of a $130000000.00. it has been played by corruption fame since construction began in 2012. under former president melinda rodge, bucks up the state on management company said they had decided to open its observation deck to visitors from 1st day to on ticket revenue to minimize losses. it opens at a time the true lanka is in the depths of an economic crisis. the costs of fuel in the country has multiplied by a factor of 18 hitting local industries like fishing. our next report highlights a prime example. fishermen who can't afford to power their boats. it's sunrise on the island of mana and local fishermen assaulting their nets for

the day ahead. what is the weather? this some of the lucky ones. many fishing boats here a stuck on dry land. unable to go to see because they don't have enough fuel i everything is difficult at the moment. is no kerosene. there's no food at home. we only get work if we come to the sea. otherwise we don't get any. i was starving. i live with the kerosene to run. these engines used to be cheap. less than $100.00 rupees elisa from the co operative now it's costing up to 18 times that on the black market. share link is economic crisis is hitting this community hard, 11 and the number regular level before we had kerosene. so there was no issue. no,

we went out to sea. now because of difficulties in getting kerosene, we have to struggle and ro instead. one that's the only problem is the other issue . it's backbreaking work for a daily wage that's simply not enough to live on. today's catch won't be enough to support the many in this village depend on fishing. the lack of boats on the water means there's not enough work to go around. i mean, would it be wise for the past 3 months? there's been no fishing and so people are really struggling so many poverty stricken families have been forced to leave and go to india. we've told this all to the government so many times. we still haven't been given anything, rosalie, i'm going to be going to the government says a key refineries now back online,

and my know should be getting more kerosene soon. for now, the, this fishing village is still waiting for the tide to turn for sure, lank, his trouble economy. and that does it for today. there's of course, some more stories from the region and particularly about the economic crisis in sri lanka on our website, w dot com, forward slash e share. and as ever you can follow us on facebook and twitter back tomorrow. at the same time we'll see you then go back. ah ah, every journey is full of surprises. we've got all out of you sometime one day in the footsteps of the race we hold in your northernmost count

please. ah, 3 times one. still very much alive, dw channel, your guy to the special with recognizes where exactly it was fun and i have learned a lot of our culture history. all their d. w. travel extremely worth a visit. ah ah. the leaders of china and russia meet and it was becca, stan, we'll look at what there are no limits. partnership has meant in recent months for trade and energy and where it could be leading also on our show gas prices are on

the rise again in europe. we'll take a closer look at you plans to provide relief to households by tapping into utility revenues. and we'll visit norway, where a summer drought is having an outside effect on one of europe's biggest energy suppliers. hello and welcome to the show. i'm seeing busy in berlin. russian president vladimir putin in china's she, jim ping our meeting in his back. as dan today had of a regional summit touted as a challenge to western global influence on the meeting of the shanghai cooperation organization comes at a crucial time. she who hasn't left china since the beginning of the pandemic wants to shore up his credentials as a global statesman, the head of the communist party congress next month. the russian president, meanwhile, wants to show that his country won't be isolated internationally. spotlighting, it's political and economic ties with china, which have lately been close at china accounts for nearly a 5th of russia's foreign trade.