China-led SCO pushes multipolar world as Xi warns of 'color' revolts

Beijing, Moscow challenge Western influence in joint statement

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From left, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, and Tajik President Emomali Rahmon at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. © AP

Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Leaders from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization called for a stronger multilateral world order led by several powers and regions in a joint statement Friday, as China and Russia push to expand the framework to counter America's global unipolar influence.

The declaration, issued after a two-day summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, urged closer cooperation on a wide range of fields from politics and economy to national security and culture.

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