Wall Street Journal suggests Russian and Chinese leaders could hold discussions in Uzbek city
in mid-September at a regional summit in the Uzbek city of Samarkand, it has been reported., preparations are being made for the Chinese president to travel to Samarkand on 15 September for a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation .
Xi’s office signalled he might attend in person, the report said, and that as well as Putin, bilateral meetings could also be held with the leaders of Pakistan, India and Turkey. However, officials cautioned that the Chinese leader’s plans could change and it was possible that he could just attend virtually. Xi has not leftThe SCO did not respond to a request for comment on Friday. The Russian state-owned news agency, Tass, reported in June that Putin was planning to attend the SCO summit.
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