China’s President Xi Jinping met bilaterally with his counterparts from Russia, Mongolia and Uzbekistan on the afternoon of August 31 on the sidelines of the 2026 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit held in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek.
In his meeting with the Russian president, Xi Jinping recalled Vladimir Putin’s successful state visit to China in May this year. During the visit, the two presidents mapped out plans from a strategic height and with a long-term perspective to steer the bilateral relations toward higher quality and higher levels and reached consensus on deepening cooperation in various fields under the new circumstances. The competent authorities of both countries are actively implementing those understandings. Many results have been achieved, and bilateral exchanges and cooperation have maintained a robust momentum of development.
President Xi emphasised that while uncertainties and unpredictable factors in the international landscape have significantly increased amid the accelerating global transformation unseen in a century, the aspiration of people around the world for peace, development, cooperation and mutual benefit remains unchanged. The SCO has the important mission of safeguarding regional stability and promoting regional development. China is ready to work with Russia and all other parties to jointly draw up the blueprint for the organisation’s development, help it pursue steady and long-term progress, and boost the forces that steer global governance reform and advance an equal and orderly multipolar world.
President Vladimir Putin noted that despite the turbulent and complex international situation, Russia and China have steadily deepened their comprehensive strategic coordination, upheld equality, mutual trust, and mutual support, and enjoyed rapidly growing cooperation across different areas. Russia-China relations have become a model for state-to-state relations. With joint efforts of all parties, the SCO has become a dynamic and efficient regional cooperation platform with important international influence. Russia and China should continue to strengthen solidarity and cooperation within the organisation and play a lead role.
Meeting with President Khurelsukh Ukhnaa of Mongolia, President Xi Jinping noted that China and Mongolia are close neighbours connected by mountains and rivers, and that living peacefully together, supporting each other and pursuing win-win cooperation have always been the mainstream and defining features of their bilateral relations. China will continue to put China-Mongolia relations at an important position in its diplomacy with neighbouring countries.
China stands ready to work with Mongolia to foster greater synergy between their development strategies, advance cooperation in traditional areas such as trade, connectivity, energy, and minerals, explore cooperation potential in emerging areas such as green minerals, AI, and the digital economy, foster more sources of growth for mutually beneficial cooperation, and stride forward together on their paths toward modernisation.
President Khurelsukh Ukhnaa said that Mongolia and China are friendly neighbours and, in an ever-changing world, have consistently respected and trusted each other and remained a good neighbour to each other. China’s development offers great opportunities to its neighbouring countries and adds impetus to development in Asia and around the world. Deepening friendship and cooperation with China is a key priority in Mongolia’s diplomacy. The four major global initiatives and the vision of building a community with a shared future for humanity set out by President Xi Jinping bear great significance to upholding world peace and security, promoting sustainable development, and tackling global challenges. Mongolia will join efforts with China in their implementation.
In his meeting with President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan, President Xi Jinping stressed that no matter how the world changes, China will never waver in its position of deepening China-Uzbekistan friendship and will always support Uzbekistan in following a development path suited to its national conditions. The two sides should join hands to strive for more successes in bilateral cooperation. The two countries should promote the high-quality construction of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway, expand cooperation in such areas as artificial intelligence and desertification control, and stay committed to pursuing mutual benefit and win-win outcomes. The two countries should maintain robust exchanges at subnational levels, accelerate the establishment of cultural centres in each other’s countries, expand cooperation in areas such as education and poverty reduction, and promote people-to-people connectivity.
The following articles were originally published on the website of the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
President Xi Jinping Meets with President Vladimir Putin of Russia
August 31 (MFA) – On the afternoon of August 31 local time, President Xi Jinping met with President Vladimir Putin of Russia on the sidelines of the 2026 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in Bishkek.
President Xi Jinping recalled President Vladimir Putin’s successful state visit to China in May this year. During the visit, the two presidents mapped out plans from a strategic height and with a long-term perspective to steer the bilateral relations toward higher quality and higher levels, and reached consensus on deepening cooperation in various fields between China and Russia under the new circumstances. The competent authorities of both countries are actively implementing those understandings. Many results have been achieved, and bilateral exchanges and cooperation have maintained a robust momentum of development. President Xi Jinping expressed the confidence that under the strategic guidance of the two presidents and with the joint efforts of both sides, China-Russia relations will have a more solid foundation, advance at a steadier pace, and embrace brighter prospects.
President Xi Jinping emphasized that while uncertainties and unpredictable factors in the international landscape have significantly increased amid the accelerating global transformation unseen in a century, the aspiration of people around the world for peace, development, cooperation and mutual benefit remains unchanged. The SCO has the important mission of safeguarding regional stability and promoting regional development. China is ready to work with Russia and all other parties to jointly draw up the blueprint for the organization’s development, help it pursue steady and long-term progress, and boost the forces that steer global governance reform and advance an equal and orderly multipolar world.
President Vladimir Putin noted that despite the turbulent and complex international situation, Russia and China have steadily deepened their comprehensive strategic coordination, upheld equality, mutual trust, and mutual support, and enjoyed rapidly growing cooperation across different areas. Russia-China relations have become a model for state-to-state relations. Russia stands ready to maintain high-level exchanges with China, strengthen cooperation in such areas as trade, energy, industry, transport, and science and technology, and intensify people-to-people exchanges, so as to continuously achieve new outcomes in the bilateral relations. With joint efforts of all parties, the SCO has become a dynamic and efficient regional cooperation platform with important international influence. Russia and China should continue to strengthen solidarity and cooperation within the organization and play a lead role. Russia will enhance coordination and collaboration with China within multilateral mechanisms such as the United Nations, BRICS, and the G20, and supports China in hosting the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting, with a view to jointly safeguarding world peace, stability, and prosperity.
The two presidents also exchanged views on international and regional issues of common interest.
Cai Qi and Wang Yi, among others, were present at the meeting.
President Xi Jinping Meets with President Khurelsukh Ukhnaa of Mongolia
August 31 (MFA) – On the afternoon of August 31 local time, President Xi Jinping met with President Khurelsukh Ukhnaa of Mongolia on the sidelines of the 2026 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in Bishkek.
President Xi Jinping noted that China and Mongolia are close neighbors connected by mountains and rivers, and that living peacefully together, supporting each other and pursuing win-win cooperation have always been the mainstream and defining features of the bilateral relations. China will continue to put China-Mongolia relations at an important position in its diplomacy with neighboring countries, and work with Mongolia to consolidate strategic mutual trust, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, further strengthen the bonds between the two peoples, inject more vitality into the comprehensive strategic partnership, and advance the building of the China-Mongolia community with a shared future.
President Xi Jinping stressed that the two sides should strengthen the political foundation of the bilateral relations, respect each other’s national independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity, and respect each other’s core interests and major concerns. China stands ready to work with Mongolia to foster greater synergy between their development strategies, advance cooperation in traditional areas such as trade, connectivity, energy, and minerals, explore cooperation potential in emerging areas such as green minerals, AI, and the digital economy, foster more sources of growth for mutually beneficial cooperation, and stride forward together on their paths toward modernization. China hopes that the Mongolian side will effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies. The two sides should also strengthen coordination and collaboration on multilateral occasions to respond to global challenges together.
President Khurelsukh Ukhnaa said that Mongolia and China are friendly neighbors and, in an ever-changing world, have consistently respected and trusted each other and remained a good neighbor to each other. China’s development offers great opportunities to its neighboring countries and adds impetus to development in Asia and around the world. Deepening friendship and cooperation with China is a key priority in Mongolia’s diplomacy. Mongolia will continue to work with China to deepen political mutual trust, develop closer cooperation in areas such as trade and investment, industry, agriculture, mining, and green economy, and take the bilateral relations to new heights. The Mongolian side is firmly committed to the one-China principle. Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory. Issues related to Xinjiang, Xizang, and Hong Kong are China’s internal affairs. The four major global initiatives and the vision of building a community with a shared future for humanity set out by President Xi Jinping bear great significance to upholding world peace and security, promoting sustainable development, and tackling global challenges. Mongolia will join efforts with China in their implementation.
Cai Qi and Wang Yi, among others, were present at the meeting.
President Xi Jinping Meets with President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan
August 31 (MFA) – On the afternoon of August 31, 2026 local time, President Xi Jinping met with President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan on the sidelines of the 2026 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in Bishkek.
President Xi Jinping noted that this year marks the 10th anniversary of the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Uzbekistan. Under the guidance of the two leaders, the bilateral relationship has continued to scale new heights and yield fruits in multifaceted cooperation, delivering remarkable achievements in building the China-Uzbekistan community with a shared future. China is ready to work with Uzbekistan to consolidate strategic mutual trust and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, and jointly usher in a new “golden decade” of China-Uzbekistan relations.
President Xi Jinping stressed that no matter how the world changes, China will never waver in its position of deepening China-Uzbekistan friendship, and will always support Uzbekistan in following a development path suited to its national conditions. The two sides should join hands to strive for more successes in bilateral cooperation. The two countries should promote the high-quality construction of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway, expand cooperation in such areas as artificial intelligence and desertification control, and stay committed to pursuing mutual benefit and win-win outcomes. The two countries should maintain robust exchanges at subnational levels, accelerate the establishment of cultural centers in each other’s countries, expand cooperation in areas such as education and poverty reduction, and promote people-to-people connectivity. The two countries should make good use of bilateral law-enforcement and security cooperation mechanisms, and jointly combat the three forces of terrorism, separatism and extremism to bolster strong security safeguards. As SCO founding members, China and Uzbekistan should work together for the implementation of the outcomes of the Tianjin Summit to promote regional development and prosperity.
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev expressed warm congratulations to China on making remarkable development achievements and addressing global challenges with resolve and confidence under the leadership of President Xi Jinping. Uzbekistan has full confidence in the bright prospects of Chinese modernization. Uzbekistan and China enjoy profound friendship, and have always understood and supported each other. President Xi Jinping’s great vision has opened up broad space for Uzbekistan-China relations, and driven the comprehensive progress in all-round bilateral cooperation. Uzbekistan is firmly committed to developing relations with China no matter how the world changes. Uzbekistan is ready to work with China to deepen political mutual trust, expand trade and investment, deepen cooperation in agriculture, transport, energy, mining, science and technology and other areas, promote people-to-people exchanges, and jointly combat terrorism, separatism and extremism to achieve greater development in the bilateral relationship. Uzbekistan firmly abides by the one-China principle, fully recognizes the four global initiatives put forward by President Xi Jinping, and is ready to work with China in advancing the development of the SCO and jointly upholding international fairness and justice.
Cai Qi and Wang Yi, among others, were present at the meeting.
