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The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit opens in Tajikistan's capital city Dushanbe. World leaders including Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi attend via video call, as well as Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has had to self isolate after dozens of people in his entourage tested positive for the coronavirus. IMAGES
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping and his Mongolian counterpart Ukhnaa Khurelsukh during the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. IMAGES
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif as both leaders attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. IMAGES
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with his Kyrgyz counterpart Sadyr Japarov and his Turkmen counterpart Serdar Berdymukhamedov at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. IMAGES
Russian President Vladimir Putin touches down in the ancient Silk Road city of Samarkand, where he will join China's Xi Jinping and other Asian leaders for a regional summit touted as a challenge to Western global influence. IMAGES
China's Xi Jinping speaks at the SPIEF, Russia's top annual business gathering. Dubbed the "Russian Davos" when the economy was booming, the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum is hosted by President Vladimir Putin and this year comes amid an ongoing crisis with the West. IMAGES