BBC analyzes heat and hand holding at the summit of XI, Modi and Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping were among a group of more than 20 world leaders who attended Regional Security Summary Meeting in China Over the weekend.

This year’s collection of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization was the largest of its founding.

It was created by China, Russia and four countries in Central Asia in 2001 as a counteraction to restrict the influence of Western Unions such as NATO.

Watch BBC World News correspondent Joe Hindwood hugs the XI, Putin and Modi messages as they get together.

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