In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Pakistani Foreign Minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar attend a meeting on the sidelines of the 25th summit of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Tianjin, China.

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In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Pakistani Foreign Minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar attend a meeting on the sidelines of the 25th summit of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Tianjin, China.

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In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Pakistani Foreign Minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar attend a meeting on the sidelines of the 25th summit of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Tianjin, China.

15.07.2025#8964601

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi attends a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the 25th summit of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Tianjin, China.

15.07.2025#8964600

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on the sidelines of the 25th summit of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Tianjin, China.

15.07.2025#8964598

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi attend a meeting on the sidelines of the 25th summit of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Tianjin, China.

15.07.2025#8964597

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi attend a meeting on the sidelines of the 25th summit of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Tianjin, China.

15.07.2025#8964596

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi attend a meeting on the sidelines of the 25th summit of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Tianjin, China.

15.07.2025#8964595

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, 4th left, arrives to attend a meeting of Chinese President Xi Jinping with foreign ministers and heads of standing bodies of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Beijing, China.

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In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Chinese President Xi Jinping holds a meeting with foreign ministers and heads of standing bodies of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Beijing, China.

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In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Chinese President Xi Jinping holds a meeting with foreign ministers and heads of standing bodies of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Beijing, China.

15.07.2025#8964556

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends a meeting of Chinese President Xi Jinping with foreign ministers and heads of standing bodies of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Beijing, China.

15.07.2025#8964555

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Chinese President Xi Jinping holds a meeting with foreign ministers and heads of standing bodies of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Beijing, China.

15.07.2025#8964523

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, 4th left, arrives to attend a meeting of Chinese President Xi Jinping with foreign ministers and heads of standing bodies of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Beijing, China.

15.07.2025#8964522

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Chinese President Xi Jinping holds a meeting with foreign ministers and heads of standing bodies of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Beijing, China.

15.07.2025#8964520

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Chinese President Xi Jinping holds a meeting with foreign ministers and heads of standing bodies of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), as Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov sits nearby, in Beijing, China.

15.07.2025#8964519

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov before his meeting with foreign ministers and heads of standing bodies of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Beijing, China.

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