00:00China, Russia and India three of the world's biggest powers in one room here in Bishkek.
00:05Their leaders have come for the summit of the Shanghai Corporation Organization,
00:10a bloc whose 10 members speak for more than 40% of the world's population,
00:15with observer states and partner nations swelling the guest list to more than 20 countries.
00:21It began 25 years ago as a security pact. Today it wants to be so much more,
00:27a champion of trade and connectivity and part of a push for a more multipolar world.
00:32On the table this year, security and counterterrorism, a long-promised SCO development bank
00:38and new trade routes as the conflict strains key corridors like the Strait of Hormuz.
00:43But the real story is in the bilaterals, the one-on-one meetings on the margins.
00:49Armenia's Pashinyan and Azerbaijan's Aliyev have already sat down.
00:53The Kremlin says Putin will meet Pashinyan to discuss the future tomorrow.
00:59And all eyes are on Modi and Putin's bilateral.
01:02Against a backdrop which is very turbulent, Trump's tariffs, the fallout from the war in Iran
01:08and the war in Ukraine. Amongst those also attending is the UN Secretary-General,
01:14whose opinion could be vital. But what's happening here is crucial and matters directly for Europe.
01:20This is Toby Gregory for UN News from Bishket.
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