BISHKEK, September 1. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived at the Yrys Ordo Congress Hall in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek where a Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit will begin shortly.

The national flags of SCO member states have been raised in front of the building, and a guard of honor has lined up. The Russian president entered the hall to the sound of trumpets and was welcomed by Kyrgyzstan’s leader Sadyr Japarov.