Heads of state and government of SCO states attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, Thursday, July 4, 2024. (Sergey Savostyanov, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
From left: Chinese President Xi Jinping, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko pose for a photo at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) states leaders' summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, Thursday, July 4, 2024. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Iranian Interim President Mohammad Mokhber attends the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, Thursday, July 4, 2024. (Sergey Savostyanov, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
From left: Chinese President Xi Jinping, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko pose for a photo at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) states leaders' summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, Thursday, July 4, 2024. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping, left and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, Thursday, July 4, 2024. (Sergey Savostyanov, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, Thursday, July 4, 2024. (Sergey Savostyanov, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attend a meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. (Sergei Guneyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, Thursday, July 4, 2024. (Sergey Savostyanov, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens to Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev during their meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. (Sergei Guneyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin pose for a photo at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) states leaders' summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, Thursday, July 4, 2024. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
In this photo released by Kazakhstan's Presidential Press Office, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, right, and U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres pose for a photo during their meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Wednesday, July 3, 2024. (Kazakhstan's Presidential Press Office via AP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) states leaders' summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, Thursday, July 4, 2024. (Sergey Savostyanov, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)