In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev interact as they arrive for a SCO+ format meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek on September 1, 2026. (Photo by Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev interact as they arrive for a SCO+ format meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek on September 1, 2026. (Photo by Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (C) walks with Australia's Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen (L) and the Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy (R) to a press conference at the 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in the capital city of Koror in Palau on September 1, 2026. (Photo by SAEED KHAN / AFP via Getty Images)

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian arrives for a SCO+ format meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek on September 1, 2026. (Photo by Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Germany's Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Defence Sebastian Hartmann and Croatia's Defence Secretary Tomislav Galic attend an informal meeting of EU defence ministers (FAC Defence) at Druids Glen in Wicklow, south of Dublin, Ireland, on September 1, 2026. EU defence and foreign ministers gathering in Ireland from September 1 will grapple with bolstering Ukraine's air defences amid growing worries over Russia's campaign to destabilise Kyiv's European backers. (Photo by Paul Faith / AFP via Getty Images)

A man sits near a destroyed vehicle following an Israeli strike in the Rimal neighbourhood of Gaza City on September 1, 2026. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP via Getty Images)

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrives for a SCO+ format meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek on September 1, 2026. (Photo by Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Foreign Ministers (C, from L to R) Petr Macinka from the Czech Republic, Toshimitsu Motegi from Japan, Juraj Blanar from Slovakia, Radoslaw Sikorski from Poland, and Anita Orban from Hungary leave after posing for a family photo during the V4 + Japan Foreign Ministers' meeting in Tomasov near Bratislava, Slovakia, on September 1, 2026. (Photo by Joe Klamar / AFP via Getty Images)