China's Xi urges AI cooperation, rejects ‘Cold War mentality’ at SCO summit

TIANJIN, China — Chinese President Xi Jinping connected Monday called for members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to fortify artificial quality cooperation, portion rejecting what helium called a "Cold War mentality."

Xi was speaking astatine the largest-ever acme of the SCO to date, with much than 20 overseas leaders gathered successful Tianjin, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The gathering comes arsenic China seeks to formed itself arsenic a planetary peacemaker amid wars and rising commercialized tensions.

The acme takes spot against a backdrop of persistent commercialized tensions with the United States, portion the Russia-Ukraine warfare drags connected and the Israel-Hamas struggle reverberates crossed the region.

Xi said that China has invested $84 cardinal successful different SCO countries and would enactment 10,000 students' information successful Beijing's "Luban" vocational acquisition program. He added that the SCO gathering presents an accidental to illustration a caller signifier of high-quality improvement and cooperation.

It remains unclear whether the SCO acme volition pave the mode for immoderate breakthroughs successful easing tensions. Xi is expected to conscionable with Putin this week, with the Russian person scheduled to enactment successful China for a subject parade successful Beijing to commemorate 80 years since the extremity of World War II.

Over the past 2 days, Xi has met with astatine slightest 10 visiting leaders — including Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet — who are successful municipality for the SCO summit.

Xi met Modi Saturday successful Tianjin, with some sides affirming the value of being partners, not rivals, according to authoritative readouts.

"A unchangeable narration and practice betwixt India and China and their 2.8 cardinal peoples connected the ground of communal respect, communal involvement and communal sensitivity are indispensable for the maturation and improvement of the 2 countries," India's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said successful a connection pursuing the meeting.

The acme is expected to merchandise a associated connection astatine the decision of the two-day gathering Monday. China's apical diplomat Wang Yi is scheduled to clasp a property league Monday evening section time.