Putin addresses SCO Heads of State Meeting in Tianjin

President of Russia Vladimir Putin delivered an address at the SCO Heads of State Council Meeting in Tianjin, China on September 1, 2025.

• Main actions and outcomes: Adopted the Tianjin Declaration and the SCO Development Strategy through 2035; stated the energy cooperation strategy until 2030 “is now being implemented in full” and the meeting adopted a sectoral energy roadmap. Putin advocated concrete financial and infrastructure measures: issuance of joint bonds by SCO member states, creation of payment, settlement and depository infrastructure, and establishment of a bank for joint investment projects. He noted institutional and programmatic items including support for the draft programme for countering extremism until 2030 and signing agreements to establish a universal SCO centre in Tashkent and an anti-drug centre in Dushanbe.

• Background and event details: The speech reiterated Russia’s position on the Ukraine crisis, referenced the 2014 events in Ukraine and recent Russian–US talks in Alaska; Putin said he briefed President Xi Jinping on agreements reached with the US and will provide more details in bilateral meetings scheduled during the summit. Key factual data given: SCO University comprises 77 universities, average GDP growth of member states exceeded 5 percent last year, and industrial output rose by 4.6 percent.

  • Date: September 1, 2025
  • Time: 07:30
  • Location: Tianjin, People’s Republic of China
  • Agenda/subject: adoption of the Tianjin Declaration, approval of the SCO Development Strategy through 2035, implementation of the energy cooperation strategy until 2030, signing agreements to open SCO centres in Tashkent and Dushanbe, and discussion of the counter-extremism programme until 2030. The SCO Heads of Government Council Meeting was noted to take place in November in Moscow.