Russian President Putin arrives for SCO summit in Astana

Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, to take part in the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the Kremlin’s press office announced on Wednesday.

The SCO summit is scheduled to be held on July 4 at the Palace of Independence in Astana. It is expected that SCO Secretary General Zhang Ming will attend the summit. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the leaders of several international organizations were also invited.