Xi to attend SCO meeting, CSTO-SCO joint summit

BEIJING – Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the 21st meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and a joint summit of the leaders of the SCO and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member states on the Afghanistan issue via video link on Friday, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said on Thursday.

Xi will attend the summits in Beijing at the invitation of Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, according to Hua.

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