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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.


07:03 13.9.2013
Putin says he welcomes Syria joining the Chemical Weapons Convention.
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.
07:21 13.9.2013
Reiterating India's commitment to full membership status.

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.
07:45 13.9.2013
Via Aimal Faizi, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai's spokesperson.

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."
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."

08:09 13.9.2013
08:24 13.9.2013
The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan met on the sidelines of the Summit earlier today. This is the first meeting between the two since the recent spate of violence on the border in Kashmir. According to India's "Business Standard," an Indian official said both sides discussed "the imperative of maintaining ceasefire along [the border] by making the existing mechanisms more effective.
08:27 13.9.2013
Rohani: "Iran respects international agreements on nonproliferation, but just like any other member of the international community, it has a right to nuclear technologies, including the enrichment of uranium."

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