BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping (pix), Russian President Vladimir Putin and other leaders will discuss the threat the Islamic State group poses in Afghanistan at a Eurasian security summit in Russia this week, a Chinese official said Monday.
Xi travels to the Russian city of Ufa for a summit on Thursday and Friday of leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), which groups China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
It will be preceded by a meeting of leaders of the BRICS group of emerging economies – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
“Due to the spillover effect of the Islamic State …read more
Source: theSun
