# Why the non-Western ‘talking club’ for China, Russia and India matters

https://mins.news/en/video/45075

- DW News, 2026-09-04 09:05 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy5ZgyQk6-w

> China’s Xi Jinping, Russia’s Vladimir Putin and India’s Narendra Modi are among the leaders attending Shanghai Cooperation Organization summits, despite their often limited concrete results. Experts discuss how the 25-year-old group has become a platform for geopolitical signaling and why more countries want to join.

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