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  • Towards the Harmonic Multipolar World

    The Three Key Messages From St. Petersburg to the Global Majority : Note the comments about The Unit

    By Pepe Escobar at Sputnik.

    In the year of the Russian presidency of BRICS, the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) had to deliver something special.

    And deliver it did: over 21,000 people representing no less than 139 nations –… Continue reading

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  • The Afghans Who Came in from the Cold

    The whole Russia-Taliban love affair involves a humongous package – encompassing oil, gas, minerals and loads of rail connectivity.

    By Pepe Escobar at the Strategic Culture Foundation.
    Russia, SCO, BRICS: The normalization of Afghanistan
    This past Sunday in Doha, I had a meeting with three high-level representatives of the Taliban Political Office in Qatar, including a founding member… Continue reading

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  • FM Lavrov’s remarks – SCO

    Note: Security is the next big thing for SCO.

    Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks (https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1952204/) and answers to media questions following the SCO Foreign Ministers Council meeting (Astana, May 21, 2024)

    Summary of Key talking points :

    ▪️ At a group meeting of the heads of delegations with President of Kazakhstan and during the Ministerial… Continue reading

  • Russia and China Sketch the Future

    … as the whole planet awaits with bated breath the avowedly inevitable Iranian response to the attack against its consulate/ambassador residence in Damascus by the biblical psychopaths responsible for the Gaza genocide.

    By Pepe Escobar at Sputnik International.

    Enveloped in an aura of secrecy, each passing day betrays the immensity of the challenge: the possibly asymmetrical response… Continue reading

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  • Indian role in SCO/BRICS and the region

    With thanks to Prof Engr Zamir Ahmed Awan

    THE 23rd Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was recently convened under the chairmanship of India, albeit in a virtual format. The decision to opt for a virtual summit, despite the easing of pandemic-related restrictions, has sparked curiosity. India, known for its active participation in international events,… Continue reading

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  • Full text of Xi’s address at SCO summit

    BEIJING, July 4 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed the 23rd meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) via video conference here on Tuesday.

    The following is the full text of the address:

     

    Staying True to Our Founding Mission and Advancing Unity and Coordination to Realize Greater Development

    Statement by… Continue reading

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  • First SCO, now RCEP (and ASEAN)

    The regional organizations are building strength and confidence, and they are cooperating.  All of Mr Lavrov’s speeches and Mr Putin’s speeches now contain the words ‘multipolar world’ or ‘pluripolarity.   More than that, they express in all of the their public communication that a multipolar world cannot be stopped any longer.  It is a fact. … Continue reading

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  • Russia, the SCO and international terrorism

    By Rostislav Ishchenko and machine translated with small edits and fixes.  Original link:  https://ukraina.ru/20220916/1038819286.html

    The SCO summit held in Samarkand was not only marked by Iran’s admission to the organization, but was also accompanied by regular US tantrums. In the end, Washington said that they see their strategic goal in “undocking” the economies of Central Asian… Continue reading

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