SAMARKAND, UZBEKISTAN, KOMPAS.com – Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping gathered with other Asian leaders in the ancient Silk Road city of Samarkand on Thursday, Sept. 15, for a summit touted as a challenge to Western global influence. Putin and Xi were being joined by the leaders of India, Iran, Pakistan, Turkey and several other countries for the meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in the Uzbek city on Thursday and Friday (Sept. 15-16). The main summit day will be Friday, but a meeting of the Chinese and Russian leaders later Thursday is set to be closely watche…
