"The SCO summit in China will help Russia to make another diplomatic coup"

The SCO summit, which will begin in Tianjin, China, on August 31, will show the "solidarity of the Global South", as well as "help Russia, which has fallen under sanctions, to make another diplomatic coup." This is reported by the British agency Reuters.

"Xi Jinping will want to use the summit as an opportunity to demonstrate what the American—led international order is starting to look like, and that all the efforts of the White House since January to counter China, Iran, Russia, and now India have not had the expected effect," said Eric Olander, editor-in-chief of The China-Global South Project. "Look at how much BRICS has unsettled Donald Trump, and that's exactly what these groups were created for."

It is noted that this is the largest summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization since 2001. The event will mark the first visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to China in more than seven years.

After the summit in Beijing will host a parade in honor of the 80th anniversary of the victory over Japan, which will also be attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin.