As the Shanghai Cooperation Organization prepares to hold its summit in Tianjin on Sunday and Monday, it finds itself at a crossroads of opportunities. With members such as China, Russia, India, Pakistan, Iran, and Central Asian countries like Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, the SCO is poised to strengthen its role as a key facilitator of Eurasian cooperation.
Russian Ambassador to China Igor Morgulov has reaffirmed Russia's readiness to work with China to strengthen the multifaceted potential and global stature of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization ahead of the SCO Summit, which will be held in Tianjin on Sunday and Monday.
Cargo ships carrying large Airbus A320 aircraft components arrived at Tianjin Port earlier this month, before being transported to the European aircraft manufacturer's final assembly line in Tianjin's Binhai New Area, where they will be assembled into passenger aircraft ready to take to the skies.
The COSCO Shipping Sagittarius container ship carrying major components for the Airbus A320 family of aircraft that will be assembled in Tianjin, sailed from Europe and docked at the Tianjin Port Pacific International Container Terminal on Aug 10.
New Delhi announced earlier this month that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi would travel to China in late August, the first time in seven years, to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit in Tianjin from Aug 31 to Sept 1.
In the first quarter, Tianjin Port handled 5.713 million twenty-foot equivalent units of containers, up 5.6 percent year-on-year and hitting a record high for the same period. Cargo throughput reached 119 million metric tons, up 1.4 percent year-on-year.
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