the chinese leader was in uzbekistan ahead of the shanghai cooperation organisation meeting to see about increasing the gas import. one of the reasons is that china does not want its relations with russia to come at the expense of its relations with the west. imran: china has avoided openly supporting russia's invasion of ukraine, but in the past week, president xi made the statement. reporter: china expresses its understanding and full support for russia. on the ukraine issue, the u.s. and nato are expanding directly on russia's doorstep, threatening russia's national security and the lives of russian citizens. given the circumstances, russia has taken necessary measures. china understands and we are coordinating on various aspects. i believe russia was cornered. in this case, to protect the country's core interests, russian gave a resolute response. reporter: in february, russia and china declared a no limits partnership. in march, u.s. officials reported moscow had requested beijing's military systems in conflict. they punished russia by removing it from the swift. china has reportedl

the shanghai cooperation organisation includes many of the former soviet republics in central asia, as well as india and pakistan. iran has expressed interest in joining turkey whose president is attending the summer. can summit is a full dialogue partner put in an ad on our set to meet on friday due to western sanctions. chinese products have replaced western ones in russia while china is russia's biggest oil, customer shooting, ping, cease the global roll of the 2 countries as much more than just trade cooperation. when they shoes yet you be a china, together with russia is ready to accept the part of great power even going on. he ran to play a leading role in being a force for stability and positive energy in a world shaken by social unrest. georgia, the she did true rule when being she her tongue, as their leaders talk in was becky: stan, china and russia are carrying out joint military exercises near the pacific coast. theresa fallon, founder and director of the center for russia, europe, asia studies in brussels, explained a cryptic message from foods in that he's aware of asians

well, those tensions, along with a conflict in ukraine overshadowed the summit of the shanghai cooperation organisation and is biggest on russell soda has more from that summers. well, the shank occupational decision summit was still on the way in the ancient city of somal containers. becky, stan, early on friday at the reports regarding the clashes between tajikistan and could you down just came in just 2 countries got engaged into a wide range of conflicts alongside to dia and 950 kilometers board there. so well, this was happening, the prism of these 2 companies were here, attending the summit. and the diplomatic affords had been emitted the initiator to paved way for a meeting between these 2 leaders, they met and agreed on a cease fire. however, just hours after the sci fi was announced, now the reports are coming in and saying that the ceasefire is already violated and the clashes are still ongoing. last year, these 2 countries got engaged into almost an all off war. tons of people were killed and injured and the fear here now is that if this conflict is not contained and the sci fi doesn't hold,

the shanghai cooperation organisation includes many of the former soviet republics in central asia, as well as india and pakistan. iran has expressed interest in joining turkey who's president is attending the summer. can summit is a full dialogue partner put in an add on are set to meet on friday, due to western sanctions. chinese products have replaced western ones in russia. well, china is russia's biggest oil, customer shipping, ping cease the global role of the 2 countries as much more than just trade cooperation. when they shoes, yaeger b, a china, together with russia, is ready to accept the part of great power even going over the van to play a leading role in being of force for stability and positive energy in a world shaken by social unrest. georgia, the sure did sure rule when being she latanaya as the lead, as talking was becky, stan, china and russia are carrying out joint military exercises near the pacific coast. but my 1st gifts tonight is ali. while i'm a senior analyst with eurasia groups, macro geo politics practice, his focus is on us china relations and competition

china and globalization, victor gao, he says he demanded from countries to join the shanghai cooperation organisation testify to be aligned says, why, polity and vicious future as steel has a special recipe because it does not embrace war and confrontation or use of false . it embraces peace, negotiation consensus, focusing on development and protecting stability and peaceful evolution of the situation rather than for example, thinking about imposing one's view onto and the other countries rather than act like a nice if you like me, which is law aggressive. always thinking about wal therefore is becoming more and more important. and the fact that there are more countries which become new member, this is an indication that this organization has really a mission to achieve. and i believe it will become an important factor going forward. not only for member states, for all transfers around s t o and eventually will be a major factor on the global c. and while western powers are being stonewalling efforts to end the ukraine conflict to many other countries have been resolving their long standing issues w

time the pair of met in person since the start of the war and ukraine. leaders from the shanghai cooperation organisation of set to discuss global security and the expansion of beijing's belt and road initiative, group features 8 countries including china, russia, pakistan, and india. the afghan taliban of rejected a decision by the united states to transfer 3 and a half $1000000000.00 in frozen assets to a swiss base trust, which will then distribute the funds were needed in afghanistan. the taliban say the assets must be sent directly to the afghan central bank. mourners are filing past the coffin of queen elizabeth the 2nd. she is long in states at westminster hall after the next 4 days. q more than 3 kilometers long, is snaking through london. as people wait to pay their respects, the metropolitan police say the queen's funeral is a big security operation. it is history. your state with headlines more news right after marco polo a very modern judge. ah ha. let's take a look at child, jennifer sheep. okay, let's have that in mind. geena my goes, we'll stop in china overtake see you as well. my dispatc

so tom is now and it was beckett done for a summit of the shanghai cooperation organisation. typhoon moines far has made land fall in east in china with winds of up to 155 kilometers an hour . the storm is now heading towards the city of shanghai. people in high risk areas are being told to leave their homes, or flights at shanghai main, a port have or has been cancelled. it's the 12 typhoon to hit china this year, but the strongest so far. the un says $150000000.00 of international aid has now been committed to pakistan, which is grappling with the devastating damage from flooding. nearly 1500 people have been killed in one point. 7000000 hinds destroy, ain't more. rain is forecast and risky services being pushed on high alert. 33000000 people have been affected by these catastrophic floods. come out haida reports from the county of valley in pakistan's appa co, his town region. the heavy rains in the hindu kush mountain. let loose it in the area. you can see the guys of the border that were brought down. it was once that died of a famous or dead. my, there's all gone. we were able t

it was back as dawn to attend to summit, the shanghai cooperation organisation. let's say it, let's look at why these central asian nations are so important for china. kazakhstan provides a route for its road and rail exports to europe through russia. that's crucial for she. jan pings landmark belt and road initiative. security and stability is also important for china, particularly in its north western region of shin. jang, which has a border with several central asian nations, and beijing is developing great and diplomatic and cultural ties with the region to increase its influence through soft power out there. as patrick folk, as more from the chinese capital for the site, the presence she is making. this is 1st trip outside of china. since the early days, the coven 19 pandemic. and the fact that it's coming so close to the commerce party congress where he expected as a mentor status as the most powerful chinese leader. since marcy don't really speaks volumes about the importance of the shanghai corporation organization to china. and you only need to look at i

putin has to be aware that everyone at this shanghai cooperation organisation summit understand the ratsce of the russian armed forces so what putin needs is china's continued rhetorical support for what russia is doing in ukraine. he would like material support, weapons, but so far, as we understand, he's not getting that. and in order to do that, i think he realises he cannot paper over what is happening there, he will of course have his own private conversations with president xi jinping in the coming days and we will see what emerges from that. do ou will see what emerges from that. do you think it is likely he will get any material support from china? i any material support from china? i think the chinese have to be careful, they have been warned by the united states and the europeans in the asian allies that if they start supplying russia with weapons to use in ukraine, they could face very severe sanctions. they were ash they don't want to face those sanctions and for the same reasons, they are abiding by the sanctions because the economic interests in europe and the united states