Russia, China leaders to meet at security summit
Thursday, 10 June 2010
ALMATY, June 9 (Reuters): The leaders of Russia and China will discuss global financial markets and tensions on the Korean peninsula during the annual summit of a regional security grouping Thursday, a Kremlin source said.
But Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, facing new U.N. sanctions targeting Tehran's nuclear program, is unlikely to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting in Uzbekistan, two sources told Reuters.
The six-nation SCO, led by Russia and China, will meet in the Uzbekistan's capital Tashkent on Thursday, a day after the United Nations Security Council is expected to approve fresh sanctions against a defiant Iran.
But Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, facing new U.N. sanctions targeting Tehran's nuclear program, is unlikely to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting in Uzbekistan, two sources told Reuters.
The six-nation SCO, led by Russia and China, will meet in the Uzbekistan's capital Tashkent on Thursday, a day after the United Nations Security Council is expected to approve fresh sanctions against a defiant Iran.