China’s Xi Offers Backing for Myanmar’s SCO Membership Bid

Xi Jinping, fourth right, speaks during a bilateral meeting with Min Aung Hlaing, second left, ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025 in Tianjin, China, on Aug. 30.Photographer: Andres Martinez Casares/Pool/Getty Images

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By Khine Lin Kyaw

August 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM UTC

Updated on

August 31, 2025 at 6:08 AM UTC

Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged Saturday to support Myanmar’s efforts to become a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in his meeting with junta chief Min Aung Hlaing in Tianjin.

Xi spoke about “opposing foreign interference in Myanmar’s politics, China’s positive stance and future actions for the country’s stability and peace,” as well as follow-up talks on issues agreed upon during the two leaders’ meeting in Moscow in May, the National Defence and Security Council said in a statement.