00:00China, Russia and India, three of the world's biggest powers in one room here in Bishkek.
00:06Their leaders have come for the summit of the Shanghai Corporation Organisation,
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.
00:22It began 25 years ago as a security pact.
00:25Today it wants to be so much more.
00:27A champion of trade and connectivity and part of a push for a more multi-polar world.
00:32On the table this year, security and counter-terrorism, 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 Alief have already sat down.
00:53The Kremlin says Putin will meet Pashinyan to discuss the future tomorrow.
00:58And 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 and the war in
01:09Ukraine.
01:10Amongst those also attending is the UN Secretary-General, whose opinion could be vital.
01:15But what's happening here is crucial and matters directly for Europe.
01:20This is Toby Gregory for Euronews from Bishket.
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