Akshara Dinkar, Sakshi Sinha & Dr. Saket Dinkar
New Delhi/Beijing/London/Moscow
22nd August 2025
China on Friday said that the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, to be held in Tianjin later this month, will be the largest in the bloc’s history, with 20 world leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, scheduled to attend.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, and Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính are among the other prominent leaders who will attend the summit, officials said. From the subcontinent, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Nepal’s Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli, and Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu are also expected to participate.
Officials from 10 international organisations, including U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres and SCO Secretary-General Nurlan Yermekbayev, will take part in the event, making it the largest in the organisation’s history.
