# SCO has become an independent center of the emerging multipolar world — Putin

https://mins.news/en/item/39851

- TASS, 2026-09-01 06:53 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2180223

> Speaking at the SCO summit in Bishkek, Russian President Vladimir Putin said the organization had evolved over its 25 years into an independent and influential center of the emerging multipolar world. He described the SCO as effectively the largest regional association in Eurasia and globally.

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