![Sergei Bobylev FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a signing ceremony with Chinese President Xi Jinping, following their talks in Beijing, China, on Thursday, May 16, 2024. Putin and Xi will meet Thursday for the second time in as many months as they travel to Kazakhstan for a session of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. (Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/6ccf542a40fa4325bdb9456bc94064c6/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a signing ceremony with Chinese President Xi Jinping, following their talks in Beijing, China, on Thursday, May 16, 2024. Putin and Xi will meet Thursday for the second time in as many months as they travel to Kazakhstan for a session of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. (Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
![Sergei Bobylev FILE - Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin look toward each other as they shake hands prior to their talks in Beijing, China, Thursday, May 16, 2024. Putin and Xi will meet Thursday for the second time in as many months as they attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Astana, Kazakhstan. (Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/225a4371c62a4325ae71d7c05b9e8f2c/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin look toward each other as they shake hands prior to their talks in Beijing, China, Thursday, May 16, 2024. Putin and Xi will meet Thursday for the second time in as many months as they attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Astana, Kazakhstan. (Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
![Mikhail Metzel FILE - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends a joint statement with Russian President Vladimir Putin following talks at the Palace of Independence in Minsk, Belarus, on May 24, 2024. Lukashenko will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Astana, Kazakhstan. as his nation becomes a full member of the group. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/bfc58043ed9143b5b3f2c108d1f4ddc7/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends a joint statement with Russian President Vladimir Putin following talks at the Palace of Independence in Minsk, Belarus, on May 24, 2024. Lukashenko will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Astana, Kazakhstan. as his nation becomes a full member of the group. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
![Khalil Hamra FILE - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to the media during a news conference following Friday noon prayers in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 3, 2024. Erdogan and President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan will be guests of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Astana, Kazakhstan. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/f580fa4a2e6f46b9ad42afe7b84d7dff/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to the media during a news conference following Friday noon prayers in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 3, 2024. Erdogan and President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan will be guests of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Astana, Kazakhstan. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)
![Salvatore Di Nolfi FILE - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres listens to a speech during the opening of the High-Level Segment of the 55th session of the Human Rights Council at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on Feb. 26, 2024. U.N. Guterres will attend a session of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Astana, Kazakhstan. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/1004d7a210bd467b907c7123947126b7/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres listens to a speech during the opening of the High-Level Segment of the 55th session of the Human Rights Council at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on Feb. 26, 2024. U.N. Guterres will attend a session of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Astana, Kazakhstan. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, File)
![Sergei Bobylev FILE - Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a signing ceremony with Russian President Vladimir Putin, following their talks in Beijing, China, on Thursday, May 16, 2024. Putin and Xi will meet Thursday for the second time in as many months as they travel to Kazakhstan for a session of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. (Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/b6e98fa76fef403f9fad59db68ea36cd/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a signing ceremony with Russian President Vladimir Putin, following their talks in Beijing, China, on Thursday, May 16, 2024. Putin and Xi will meet Thursday for the second time in as many months as they travel to Kazakhstan for a session of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. (Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)