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(L-R) Chinese President Xi Jinping, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko post for a group photo during the SCO summit in Astana, Kazakhst

China and Russia beef up their answer to NATO as Belarus joins regional bloc

Belarus has become the 10th member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), an organization sometimes seen as Eurasia’s answer to NATO.