12.09 Putin: Shanghai Leaders Share Common Approaches to International Issues, Including Ukraine

DUSHANBE, September 12 (RIA Novosti) – Leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) have addressed numerous problems of international significance, such as the crisis in Ukraine, during their meeting Friday, and their approaches to these issues are largely identical, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

“During our meeting in narrow format, we addressed other important issues on the international agenda, including the situation in Ukraine. We are quite satisfied with the fact that our approaches to the main areas of cooperation turned out to be either identical or close,” the president said.