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Insight Brief

01 September 2026

Insight Brief — 2026-09-01

  1. China, Russia, India and Turkey send their leaders to Kyrgyzstan for the SCO summit, where Xi, Putin and Modi hold bilateral talks.
  2. India's premier meets Kyrgyzstan's president and Armenia's prime minister separately on the sidelines of the summit.
  3. France condemns Iranian strikes on Jordan and the UAE the same day Iran's president meets India's premier at the SCO summit.
  4. Italy commits EUR 250,000 and the UK issues a donation guide for Nepal's floods, as Japan's foreign minister calls his Nepali counterpart.
  5. Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia hold the first meeting of a new joint-defense committee under the Mecca agreement, in Istanbul.
  6. Japan hosts ASEAN partners in Tokyo on a joint climate report while South Korea trains officials from 23 countries ahead of COP31.