China supports UN’s global role, Xi tells Guterres before SCO summit

According to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV, Chinese President Xi Jinping has stated to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that China supports the global organization, which plays a key role in international affairs.

As the UN representative traveled to China for the 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit, Xi and Guterres exchanged this message on Saturday.

President Xi emphasized that China will continue to be a trustworthy UN partner.

Guterres, on the other hand, said that maintaining China’s support is crucial.

In Tianjin, northern China, will host the 25th SCO summit and the “SCO Plus” meeting, showcasing Global South solidarity.

The high-level gathering comes as Russia’s conflict with Russia and the United States escalates, along with Israel’s genocide in Gaza and its growing assault on the occupied West Bank, security concerns in South Asia and the Asia Pacific region, particularly between Thailand and Cambodia, and Donald Trump’s global trade conflict.

The summit, which is China’s fifth annual SCO summit, will be presided over by Xi as the rotating chair.

The summit will feature leaders from more than 20 nations and 10 international organization leaders.

Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the president of Turkey, Narendra Modi, the president of Iran, Masood Pezeshkian, and Shehbaz Sharif, the prime minister of Pakistan.

On the day of the crucial summit, Xi will meet Erdogan.

Promoting the “Shanghai Spirit,” improving internal mechanisms, and fostering multilateral cooperation in areas like security, economics, and culture are on the summit’s agenda.

Other anticipated outcomes include the approval of a strategy for the upcoming ten years and the joint signing of the new Tianjin Declaration.

Apart from adopting a number of outcome documents to strengthen security, economic, people-to-people, and cultural cooperation, the summit will also publish statements commemorating the 80th anniversary of the UN’s victory in World War II and its victory over Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan.

The SCO is a political and security alliance that was established in 2001 and includes Belarus, China, Russia, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan.