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Iranian President Hassan Rohani (left) is welcomed at Bishkek's Manas Airport by Kyrgyz Prime Minister Jantoro Satybaldiev on September 12.
Iranian President Hassan Rohani (left) is welcomed at Bishkek's Manas Airport by Kyrgyz Prime Minister Jantoro Satybaldiev on September 12.

Liveblog: Eurasian Leaders Gather for SCO Summit in Bishkek

Border security following the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and a response to the ongoing crisis in Syria are high on the agenda for the meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Bishkek today. The SCO summit brings together Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping along with the leaders of Iran, Afghanistan, and most Central Asian states.


08:04 13.9.2013
Rohani: The Syrian crisis can only be solved through talks between the government and the opposition. There should be no "foreign military intervention."

07:50 13.9.2013
Putin, via Interfax: "Iran, like any other state, has the right to the peaceful use of nuclear energy, including enrichment."
07:45 13.9.2013
Via Aimal Faizi, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai's spokesperson.

07:28 13.9.2013
Putin reiterates: No military intervention in Syria is legal without UN Security Council backing.

Via our Kyrgyz Service, leaders here are lining up to back Moscow's position. The most recent is Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov.
07:21 13.9.2013
Reiterating India's commitment to full membership status.

07:09 13.9.2013
Via our Kyrgyz Service, Xi says Beijing supports Moscow's position on Syria. The conflict can only be resolved through a diplomatic solution he says.
07:03 13.9.2013
Putin says he welcomes Syria joining the Chemical Weapons Convention.
06:51 13.9.2013
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbaev says Astana fully supports Moscow's position on Syria.
06:47 13.9.2013
The first class photo to pop up online, taken by Syed Akbaruddin, the spokesperson for the Indian Ministry of External Affairs.

06:45 13.9.2013
News:

Our Kyrgyz Service reports that Krgyzstan President Almazbek Atambaev announced that an international conference on the situation in Afghanistan will be held in Bishkek on October 10. Security in the region after NATO troops withdraw in 2014 will top the agenda.

Atambaev also said Kyrgyzstan would only support a "peaceful" resolution to the war in Syria.

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