Competitive summit in Xi’an: These • Table.Briefings

Now a „comprehensive strategic partner for a new era“: Kyrgyz President Sadyr Dzhaparov.

China is holding its own summit with five Central Asian states at the same time as the G7 meeting in Japan. Xi Jinping wants to unequivocally show that not just the West is calling the shots. He degrades Russia to an accessory to his strategy regarding ex-Soviet states.

China has rolled out the red carpet in Xi’an for the Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. President Xi Jinping welcomed the leaders of the five former Soviet states to a banquet Thursday to kick off a two-day summit. In the run-up, Xi held a series of talks with his guests. The main day of the summit is Friday.

Competitive summit in Xi’an: These are the signals Xi is giving Russia

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