Xi, Putin meet in Uzbekistan as Ukraine war dominates


              Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. (Alexandr Demyanchuk, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
            
              Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, talk during their meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. (Alexandr Demyanchuk, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
            
              Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hands with Turkmen President Serdar Berdymukhamedov during their meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. (Alexandr Demyanchuk, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
            
              Russian President Vladimir Putin waits before a meeting with Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. (Alexandr Demyanchuk, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
            
              Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hands with Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov during their meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. (Alexandr Demyanchuk, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
            
              In this photo released by the Uzbekistan President press service, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands their meeting prior to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. (Uzbekistan President pressservice via AP)