China’s Xi slams ‘bullying’ behavior in world affairs, urges cooperation to strengthen SCO

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Chinese President Xi Jinping has criticized “bullying behavior” in international affairs, pledging to strengthen multilateral ties as he opened the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin.

In an address to SCO leaders on Sunday evening, Xi called on the world to reject Cold War mentalities, bloc confrontations and “bullying behavior” in international politics.

Xi delivered his remarks at the opening of the two-day SCO summit, which brought together leaders from more than 20 nations.

Among the attendees were Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly also took part in the gathering.

“The current international situation is becoming increasingly chaotic and intertwined … The security and development tasks facing member states have become even more challenging,” Xi warned.

He urged the SCO to uphold fairness and justice in both domestic and international affairs, while resisting what he called the mentality of power politics.

Xi highlighted that the organization has made progress by adhering to the “Shanghai Spirit,” a principle based on mutual respect, equality, and cooperation.

“Looking to the future, with the world undergoing turbulence and transformation, we must continue to forge ahead and enhance the functions of the organization,” he said...

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Wicked Game: My Address to the IDF and Other Zionist Apologists and Collaborators of the World

by Scott Creighton

I have listened to your copes (the quiet little pleasantries you try to convince yourselves and others that you are doing the right thing with) and I (the global 'we') grow tired of them. They are as hollow and vapid as are those who depend on them to get thru the day.

You know why the world is turning against you. It is not 'the media' or lie of anti-Semites or jealousy or blood libels or any of the other necessary delusions you need to look yourself in the mirror these days.

It's you and the behavior of your fellow IDF soldiers, your leaders and the Jewish population in Israel who cheer you on without the slightest hint of shame.

It's you who are doing this terrible thing to people in Gaza and the West Bank and Lebanon and Syria. 

It's you who are doing this terrible thing to Israel and Jewish people across the globe.

It's you.

And you know it.

For a moment I would like to play a little game if you would permit me. For just a moment of your time. A game perhaps to counter theirs. 

Iran president urges SCO to take concrete steps toward peace, economic cooperation

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) should take practical and clear steps to promote global peace and economic cooperation.

Pezeshkian was addressing the 25th Meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of State in northern China's port city of Tianjin on Monday.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran believes that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, as one of the important pillars of the multipolarization of the international system, should take practical, clear, and specific steps in two parallel paths to create a more peaceful world and a world conducive to expanding economic cooperation,” he said.

He proposed the creation of a specialized initiative, the "Accounts and Settlements of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization," as a practical mechanism to enhance financial cooperation and reduce the impacts of unlawful sanctions on the economic interactions among the member states.

He said the initiative rests on greater use of national currencies in settlements to decrease reliance on the US dollar, the establishment of shared digital infrastructure and the employment of central bank digital currencies to ensure secure and efficient payments and the establishment of a multilateral currency swap fund to assist countries facing sanctions or liquidity shortages.

“We believe that the implementation of this initiative can not only enhance the economic resilience of the members but can also turn the Shanghai Cooperation Organization into a successful model for establishing a multipolar, fair, and resilient financial order against external pressures,” the Iranian president added...

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