Putin meets with China’s Xi in Samarkand


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SAMARKAND, UZBEKISTAN - SEPTEMBER 15: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY - MANDATORY CREDIT - "TAJIKISTANI PRESIDENCY / HANDOUT" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Leaders' Summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on September 15, 2022. ( Tajikistani Presidency / Handout - Anadolu Agency )
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ISTANBUL (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin met with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Thursday on the sideline of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in the historic city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
According to a brief statement issued by the Kremlin in Moscow, Xi and Putin are currently holding bilateral talks.
It is their first face-to-face meeting since Beijing Olympics in February of this year.
The duo exchanged several phone calls after Russia launched a war on Ukraine on Feb. 24.
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