Xi, Putin Kick Off SCO Summit In Kazakhstan With Belarus Set To Join
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The expected expansion of the club of Eurasian countries is part of another push from Beijing and Moscow to use the regional security bloc as a counterweight to promote alternatives to the Western institutions that make up the U.S.-led world order.