Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will meet in the Central Asian republic of Kazakhstan on Wednesday ahead of a multi-country security summit, according to the Kremlin.
Talks between the two heads of state had originally been planned in Turkey. On Thursday, Putin is to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) event in the Kazakh capital Astana.
He will also consult with the presidents of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Belarus. More talks are scheduled with the prime minister of Pakistan and the Iranian vice president.
Since ordering his country's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Putin had repeatedly said that in view of tensions with the West, he seeks a new world order without the United States striving for supremacy.
Kazakhstan currently holds the chair of the SCO. The grouping, which was founded in 2001 to combat terrorism, has nine full members - India, Iran, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
Three countries - Afghanistan, Belarus, and Mongolia - have an observer status.
Putin is unlikely to hear much criticism from the Russia-friendly group for his war against Ukraine. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not expected to attend the summit, but plans to visit Russia afterwards, the Kremlin said.
