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Foreign leaders ride the rapid rails of China’s technological prowess after SCO summit

Blazing from Tianjin to Beijing on China’s signature high-speed railway, several state leaders are given a glimpse of rapid and lucrative modernisation efforts

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Nepali Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli arrives in Beijing on Tuesday. He is among more than a dozen state leaders who took a high-speed train to Beijing this week to attend Wednesday’s Victory Day parade. Photo: Xinhua
Ji Siqiin Beijing
A slew of foreign leaders took China’s signature high-speed railway from the northern port city of Tianjin to Beijing on Monday and Tuesday, having departed from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit to attend a Victory Day parade.

Seven state leaders arrived on Monday night: President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko, Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of the Maldives Mohamed Muizzu, President of Mongolia Khurelsukh Ukhnaa, and President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, according to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.

Arriving on Tuesday were Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Nepali Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov, and Myanmar’s acting president, Min Aung Hlaing.

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