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Xi Jinping ignored dinner with Putin and his allies at the SOS Summit - the media

The official reason why China's leader missed one of the meetings with the President of the Russian Federation is called Covid-19 precautionary measures. China's leader Xi Jinping refused to participate in dinner with the participation of 11 heads of state, including Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Samhai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Samarkand.

The official reason was the precautionary measures of the delegation of the head of the PRC against the background of the pandemic of coronavirus. About it on Friday, September 16, reports Reuters, citing sources in the Uzbekistan government. According to journalists, Xi Jinping was not visible in group photos published on Thursday, which leaders of the countries, including Putin and Turkish President Recep Taiip Erdogan, depicted at dinner.

"The source in the Uzbek government confirmed the absence of Xi Jinping and said that the Chinese delegation had referred to its policy on the Covid-19," the publication said. Journalists noted that a visit to the SMS Summit to Uzbekistan became the first foreign trip to the Chinese leader since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.

Earlier, the agency reported that during the summit, Putin stated that she realized that Xi Jinping had questions and concerns about a full -scale war in Ukraine. The last day of the SOS summit will take place today. Permanent members of the organization are India, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan. Afghanistan, Belarus and Mongolia, and Azerbaijan, Armenia, Cambodia, Nepal, Turkey and Sri Lanka act as partner countries of the SOS.