Key Events of the Past Week (August 31 — September 6)

🇰🇬The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) held its 26th summit in Bishkek, bringing together the leaders of its member states to discuss regional security, economic cooperation, and the international agenda. The summit also marked the SCO’s 25th anniversary.

🇨🇳🇰🇬Chinese President Xi Jinping paid a state visit to Kyrgyzstan, where China and Kyrgyzstan signed a Treaty on Permanent Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation.

🇩🇪Voters in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt went to the polls to elect a new state parliament. The election was closely watched as the far-right AfD sought to win a state government for the first time.

🇷🇺🇺🇸U.S. special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow to discuss possible steps towards ending the conflict in Ukraine.

🇺🇸The G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors met in Asheville, the United States. The meeting focused on global economic imbalances, trade, financial stability, and international economic cooperation.

🇵🇼The leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum met in Palau to discuss regional security, climate change, economic challenges, and the growing geopolitical competition in the Pacific.