Xi says China supports Azerbaijan in joining SCO

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Aliyev is in China to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025, as well as commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. (Xinhua/Yue Yuewei)