Xi Jinping meets foreign leaders: tracker, August 2026

South China Morning Post Tuesday 01 September 2026, 02:59 UTC By Junjie Wang 1 min read

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Chinese President Xi Jinping ended August in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, kick-starting a potential run of overseas trips after what has so far been a quiet year for foreign travel. Xi met Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov ahead of a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit. He may hold talks with other SCO attendees including Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Iran’s Masoud Pezeshkian.

Xi Jinping (PERSON) Chinese (ORG) Bishkek (LOCATION) Kyrgyzstan (LOCATION) Xi (PERSON) Kyrgyz (ORG) Sadyr Japarov (PERSON) a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (ORG) SCO (ORG) Russia (LOCATION) Vladimir Putin (PERSON) Iran (LOCATION) Masoud Pezeshkian (PERSON) Egypt (LOCATION) Abdel Fattah (PERSON)

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