News | Velayati: The Shanghai Summit was a turning point in world history; French lawmaker: Israel’s crimes will be recorded in history

Pars Today – The Leader of the Islamic Revolution’s advisor on international affairs said the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will play a leading role in determining the future of the world.

Ali Akbar Velayati described the recent SCO leaders’ summit as one of the most important meetings in world history, assessing that this organization will in the future play the foremost role in shaping the destiny of the world.

According to Pars Today, Velayati said in an interview with Tasnim that the 25th SCO leaders’ summit was held on August 31 – Sep 1 in Tianjin, China, with the participation of more than 20 non-Western world leaders as well as the UN Secretary-General.

This summit was the largest and most important compared to previous ones, and the initial assessment of political experts is that it is among the most significant international gatherings in world history.

Explaining three key outcomes of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit, he said:

First, the sound of the United Nations’ bones breaking was heard by the world, and it can now be clearly stated that the process of “consigning this organization to history,” similar to the League of Nations, has begun. Second, China demonstrated that it is the world’s leading power in potential, and in the near future it will become the world’s leading power in actuality. Third, China showed that with patience and composure, it is steadily silencing the footsteps of Trump.

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