In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov welcomes Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko prior to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek on September 1, 2026. (Photo by Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov welcomes Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko prior to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek on September 1, 2026. (Photo by Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov welcomes Tajikistan's President Emomali Rakhmon prior to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek on September 1, 2026. (Photo by Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov welcomes Tajikistan's President Emomali Rakhmon prior to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek on September 1, 2026. (Photo by Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov welcomes China's President Xi Jinping prior to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek on September 1, 2026. (Photo by Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov welcomes Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian prior to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek on September 1, 2026. (Photo by Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov welcomes Russia's President Vladimir Putin prior to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek on September 1, 2026. (Photo by Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov welcomes Russia's President Vladimir Putin prior to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek on September 1, 2026. (Photo by Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)