Baku, August 22 — Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev is expected to participate in the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit, scheduled to take place in Tianjin, China, from August 31 to September 1.
According to Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Liu Bin, more than 20 heads of state and government, along with leaders of 10 international organizations, will gather in Tianjin for high-level discussions on the SCO’s future development and cooperation.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will host the event, which is set to include Russian President Vladimir Putin, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedow, Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, and others.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres and several heads of international organizations have also been invited to the summit.
