Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping were among a group of more than 20 world leaders attending a regional security summit in China over the weekend.
This year’s gathering of the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation was the largest since it was founded.
It was created by China, Russia and four Central Asian countries in 2001, as a countermeasure to limit the influence of Western alliances such as Nato.
Watch as BBC world news correspondent Joe Inwood unpicks the messages Xi, Putin and Modi gave by coming together.
Video by Inaya Mohmood
