# Kyrgyzstan hosts pivotal SCO summit amid global geopolitical shifts

https://mins.news/en/item/43595

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-03 10:45 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/3/kyrgyzstan-hosts-pivotal-sco-summit-amid-global-geopolitical-shifts?traffic_source=rss

> Kyrgyzstan is using a pivotal Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit to balance relations with Russia, China, Europe and the United States while seeking economic and political opportunities from its strategic geography. China, Russia and Iran called for greater multilateral cooperation as participants pursued interests outside a Western-led framework.

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