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SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANISATION SUMMIT

Xi hails 'unity' of bloc

AFP, Qingdao
Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday opened a regional security summit attended by Russia and Iran with boasts of the bloc's "unity", just as a fractious G7 gathering was mired in divisions between Europe and the US.
On the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in the coastal Chinese city of Qingdao, Russian President Vladimir Putin met his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani and expressed his support for Tehran joining the SCO.
Rouhani, for his part, denounced the "illegal" US withdrawal from the international nuclear deal with Tehran.
Iran, currently an observer member of the SCO, has sought since 2008 to become a full member of the China-and Russia-led security group.
SCO states also include four exSoviet central Asian republics and new members Pakistan and India.
Xi spoke at an opening banquet in the Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center before taking in a fireworks
display.
Standing before a serene seascape painting, he hailed the bloc's guiding "Shanghai spirit", which "focuses on seeking common ground while setting aside differences and pursuing mutually beneficial cooperation.”
He noted that it was the first meeting since India and Pakistan joined as member states, and stated that this year they would "draw up a blueprint for (the SCO's) future growth".
Authorities cleared an entire oceanside swathe of the city - moving aside shopkeepers and day-trippers to make way for Xi, Putin and Rouhani. Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain and the prime minister of
arch-rival India, Narendra Modi, are also in attendance.
Trade, investment and development cooperation issues will feature prominently at the SCO. Nations may discuss the potential of a joint free-trade area, observers said.
China has promoted its Belt and Road global infrastructure project but may be hindered from gaining robust support for it at this summit due to India, the only SCO member that does not endorse it, she noted.
Regional security issues will also feature, because terrorism is the most severe security challenge facing the SCO, according to Liao Jinrong, a Chinese ministry of public security official.