Xi Lands in Kyrgyzstan for 2-Day SCO Summit as Egypt, India Stops Signal Broader Diplomatic Push
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Updated · CNBC · Aug 31
Xi Lands in Kyrgyzstan for 2-Day SCO Summit as Egypt, India Stops Signal Broader Diplomatic Push
3 articles · Updated · CNBC · Aug 31
Summary
Bishkek welcomed Xi Jinping on Sunday for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, opening a trip that could also take him to Egypt and India before an expected late-September U.S. visit.
The unusually busy schedule stands out because Xi has sharply reduced foreign travel and has gone abroad only once this year — a June trip to North Korea.
Egypt would mark Xi's first state visit there in a decade, while a New Delhi stop for the Sept. 12-13 BRICS summit would be his first India visit since 2019 and since the 2020 border clashes.
Washington will watch the SCO and BRICS meetings closely as it courts both Beijing and New Delhi, while potential U.S. tariffs of up to 100% over purchases of Russian oil still hang over India and China.
The tour underscores Beijing's effort to project a larger global role amid the Iran war, U.S.-China trade friction and rising concern over AI security before a possible Trump-Xi meeting around Sept. 24.