{"id":2122937,"date":"2026-09-01T16:49:51","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T13:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2122937"},"modified":"2026-09-01T16:49:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T13:49:51","slug":"sco-challenges-west-as-diverse-group-of-nations-pursues-multipolar-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2122937","title":{"rendered":"SCO challenges West as diverse group of nations pursues multipolar future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/89\/75\/89\/1200x675_cmsv2_7a2d2d05-1143-580a-b664-688b3f5e9748-9897589.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2922337-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2922337\" data-cid=\"9897683\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2922337-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/89\/76\/83\/189x106_cmsv2_5c3d3eb1-1a7e-5fc1-8c53-20c8df2cdb96-9897683.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A tractor pulls a boat from the sea as commercial vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026.\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Iran<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    US military says it struck IRGC targets in Iran\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2922307-pos2-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2922307\" data-cid=\"9897687\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2922307-label-pos2-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/89\/76\/16\/189x106_cmsv2_ff7b1ab4-076c-563e-a04f-50c60286f499-9897616.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"File photo dated Tuesday 21 July 2009: Ryanair planes at Stansted Airport, England. 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(AP Photo\/Roman Chop)\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Tech News<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Russia&#8217;s Starlink copycat has failed so far, but still threatens Ukraine\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"helper-site-row o-article-newsy\">\n<div class=\"helper-site-container o-article-newsy__container\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__main\">\n<header class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__header\">\n<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs\">\n<div id=\"adb-article-breadcrumb\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs__list\">\n<p>                          News<\/p>\n<p>                          World<\/p>\n<p>                          Kyrgyzstan<\/p><\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<h1 class=\"c-article-redesign-title\">\n                            SCO challenges West as diverse group of nations pursues multipolar future<\/h1>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-video 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Yet the SCO&#8217;s diversity also revealed significant disagreements and divergent interests.<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content js-article-content\">\n<p>The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), a diverse group aiming to balance the West\u2019s global influence, has called for a more representative and fairer multipolar world order as its summit in Kyrgyzstan ended on Tuesday with a run of headlines.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The 25th gathering of the 10 members \u2014 China, India, Iran, Pakistan, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan \u2014 brought together regional leaders as \u201cdialogue partners\u201d from Central Asia, the Caspian region, the Middle East and wider Asia in a broad forum of meetings to address a rapidly changing multipolar world, even amid significant disagreements and often diverging interests.<\/p>\n<p>The Iran war and Russia\u2019s all-out invasion of Ukraine defined the summit\u2019s focus, with disruptions in global supply lines and emerging alternatives through Central Asia and the Caspian, as well as the rapid geopolitical shockwaves and realignments they have generated. <\/p>\n<p>In a surprise moment with global impact, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin directly, on live television, to end his war against Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Every single day spent in war pushes humanity backwards, \u201d Modi said unexpectedly to a visibly tense Putin. \u201cWe need to move from endless war to the end of war, to the end of hostilities.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is very important for all of humanity,&#8221; Modi added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have to move in that direction, which is also essential for the welfare of humanity. It is humanity\u2019s call to resolve all issues peacefully as soon as possible,&#8221; the Indian premier told the Russian president.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is India\u2019s message \u2014 the message from the land of Gandhi, the land of Buddha: a message of peace, a message of humanity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Putin did not reply to Modi, but in a speech later at the summit said that &#8220;today, 1 September, is the day World War II began.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We must do everything to exclude from world practice any provocation of armed conflicts,&#8221; Putin added. Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine is now longer than World War II in duration.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6203125\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/89\/75\/89\/808x502_cmsv2_80a7be99-745b-5c0e-ac0e-20b700ca14be-9897589.jpg\" alt=\"Members of the SCO Plus meeting.\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Members of the SCO Plus meeting.<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Press service of Kyrgyzstan President<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In another snub for the Kremlin, a bilateral meeting between Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping produced no progress on a Siberian natural gas pipeline that Moscow urgently needs as the country\u2019s infrastructure and economy reel from continuous Ukrainian strikes on key energy targets across Russia. <\/p>\n<p>The Russian president however received the public gratitude of his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian, who thanked Putin &#8220;for your positions at every stage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Putin said that Russia is providing Iran with assistance and \u201csupplying the needed goods,\u201d and that \u201cRussia stands in solidarity with the people of Iran, who are defending their interests. He further said he &#8220;admires their courage and steadfastness\u201d in their fight against the US and Israel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today we are experiencing an erosion of the foundations upon which international order is built,&#8221; Pezeshkian said. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If such actions are met with no effective response from the international community, what state can be certain that its sovereignty and security will be protected in the future against the use of force?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Iranian delegation pushed for maximum results at the SCO summit, with Pezeshkian also meeting his Azerbaijani, Indian and Pakistani counterparts, while Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met his counterparts from China, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Russia.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>China and Turkey laud multilateralism<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>China, which sees the SCO as an alternative to Western-aligned organisations like the G7, has recently shown it wants to expand the organisation&#8217;s scope and influence, while Russia and Iran joined the summit to build relations with non-Western partners and seek support and recognition.<\/p>\n<p>In his speech at the summit, China\u2019s Xi said the SCO should \u201cfoster an environment of universal security,\u201d while criticising \u201chegemony, unilateralism, and protectionism\u201d which run \u201ccounter to the tide of history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Xi further urged the SCO leaders and partners to \u201cshoulder the responsibility of the times,\u201d as multipolarity is an \u201cirreversible trend\u201d and that \u201cdominance by just one or several countries, or bloc politics are not true multilateralism.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Eurasian nations gather in Bishkek to forge stronger ties, new alliances <\/li>\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Exclusive: UN&#8217;s Guterres urges world leaders to &#8216;stop this madness&#8217; and end all wars<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Turkey, which holds partner status within the SCO, also seeks to use the platform to strengthen its position in the region, viewing its partnership in the organisation as part of a balanced foreign policy that maintains its traditional ties with the West through NATO while strengthening its influence in Eurasia.<\/p>\n<p>Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan told the summit that the SCO is \u201ca rising star in every field\u201d and that with its \u201c3.5 billion people and $35 trillion in gross domestic product (it) is an indispensable element of a multipolar order.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Calling the SCO a \u201ccomplement to the UN,\u201d Erdo\u011fan said the organisation \u201chas a structure that aligns with our multidimensional foreign policy centred on regional ownership,\u201d adding that \u201cas T\u00fcrkiye, we are taking responsibility for resolving conflicts around us through dialogue and diplomacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Erdo\u011fan highlighted one of the new thrusts of the SCO summit participants: alternative transport and energy corridors, as the war with Iran disrupted traditional avenues.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We believe that the organisation can play a role not only in ensuring peace and stability, but also in establishing uninterrupted and secure transportation corridors, which are vital for the prosperity of our peoples, and in areas such as energy supply security,&#8221; the Turkish president said.<\/p>\n<h2>Billions in Central Asia and Caucasus projects<\/h2>\n<p>The leaders of Central Asia and the South Caucasus pushed relentlessly during the summit to maximise the economic opportunities for their regions as the Iran war and wider Middle East disruptions place them at the forefront of new global trade and connectivity solutions.<\/p>\n<p>Azerbaijan\u2019s President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Premier Nikol Pashinyan held a new round of their peace talks in Bishkek, with Aliyev saying \u201cthe South Caucasus is becoming a zone of peace.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Pashinyan said transport corridors and regional connectivity are now developing toward the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP).<\/p>\n<p>Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev told the summit that trade among SCO countries has reached $1 trillion and that much more remains to unlock the full potential of cooperation and resource use.<\/p>\n<p>Uzbekistan&#8217;s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev proposed establishing a bank for inter-regional projects, natural resource management, digital services and healthcare.<\/p>\n<p>Mirziyoyev agreed with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to raise bilateral trade from $18 billion in 2025 to $30 billion in the coming years through a portfolio of joint investment projects and industrial cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The existence of multiple centres of political influence is an important condition for advancing a political pluralism on the international stage,&#8221; Tajikistan&#8217;s President Emomali Rahmon said.<\/p>\n<h2>New security centre approved<\/h2>\n<p>Away from the diplomacy, the summit closed Kyrgyzstan&#8217;s year as chair with a package of institutional decisions. Leaders signed the Bishkek Declaration and a protocol amending the SCO&#8217;s Founding Charter, which Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Jeenbek Kulubaev said would create the basis for a more flexible bloc.<\/p>\n<p>On security, members approved the rules for a Universal Centre for Countering Security Challenges based in Tashkent and an anti-drug centre in Dushanbe. <\/p>\n<p>A unit to fight transnational organised crime will open in Bishkek under that centre, the first permanent SCO body on Kyrgyz soil.<\/p>\n<p>Members also agreed to complete consultations &#8220;in the shortest possible time&#8221; on a long-discussed SCO development bank, with a view to signing its founding document, although they concluded no deal in Bishkek. <\/p>\n<p>Leaders adopted further documents on artificial intelligence, climate, energy and information security, a declaration on nuclear safety, and a decision to develop cooperation with the African Union.<\/p>\n<p>Kyrgyzstan said it held around 200 events during its chairmanship, more than 50 of them in the country itself, and marked the anniversary by naming a 4,050-metre peak in the Ala-Archa range &#8220;SCO Peak&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan now takes the chairmanship and will host the next summit in Islamabad.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                                  Go to accessibility shortcuts<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center js-c-article-share-comment-share\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Share<\/span><\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Comments<\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label c-article-share-comment__label--always\">Add Euronews on Google<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"adb-article-you-might-also-like\" class=\"perf-cv-auto c-article-you-might-also-like\">\n<h2 class=\"c-article-you-might-also-like__title\">\n        Read more<br \/>\n      <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-you-might-also-like__item\">\n<h3>\n<p>                  World Nomad Games open in Bishkek before an audience of world leaders<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-you-might-also-like__item\">\n<h3>\n<p>                  Exclusive: UN&#8217;s Guterres urges world leaders to &#8216;stop this madness&#8217; 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It is humanity\u2019s call to resolve all issues peacefully as soon as possible,&#8221; the Indian premier told the Russian president.&#8221;This is India\u2019s message \u2014 the message from the land of Gandhi, the land of Buddha: a message of peace, a message of humanity.&#8221;Putin did not reply to Modi, but in a speech later at the summit said that &#8220;today, 1 September, is the day World War II began.&#8221;&#8221;We must do everything to exclude from world practice any provocation of armed conflicts,&#8221; Putin added. Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine is now longer than World War II in duration.In another snub for the Kremlin, a bilateral meeting between Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping produced no progress on a Siberian natural gas pipeline that Moscow urgently needs as the country\u2019s infrastructure and economy reel from continuous Ukrainian strikes on key energy targets across Russia.\u00a0The Russian president however received the public gratitude of his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian, who thanked Putin &#8220;for your positions at every stage.\u201dPutin said that Russia is providing Iran with assistance and \u201csupplying the needed goods,\u201d and that \u201cRussia stands in solidarity with the people of Iran, who are defending their interests. He further said he &#8220;admires their courage and steadfastness\u201d in their fight against the US and Israel.&#8221;Today we are experiencing an erosion of the foundations upon which international order is built,&#8221; Pezeshkian said.&#8221;If such actions are met with no effective response from the international community, what state can be certain that its sovereignty and security will be protected in the future against the use of force?&#8221;The Iranian delegation pushed for maximum results at the SCO summit, with Pezeshkian also meeting his Azerbaijani, Indian and Pakistani counterparts, while Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met his counterparts from China, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Russia.China and Turkey laud multilateralism\u00a0China, which sees the SCO as an alternative to Western-aligned organisations like the G7, has recently shown it wants to expand the organisation&#8217;s scope and influence, while Russia and Iran joined the summit to build relations with non-Western partners and seek support and recognition.In his speech at the summit, China\u2019s Xi said the SCO should \u201cfoster an environment of universal security,\u201d while criticising \u201chegemony, unilateralism, and protectionism\u201d which run \u201ccounter to the tide of history.\u201dXi further urged the SCO leaders and partners to \u201cshoulder the responsibility of the times,\u201d as multipolarity is an \u201cirreversible trend\u201d and that \u201cdominance by just one or several countries, or bloc politics are not true multilateralism.\u201dTurkey, which holds partner status within the SCO, also seeks to use the platform to strengthen its position in the region, viewing its partnership in the organisation as part of a balanced foreign policy that maintains its traditional ties with the West through NATO while strengthening its influence in Eurasia.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan told the summit that the SCO is \u201ca rising star in every field\u201d and that with its \u201c3.5 billion people and $35 trillion in gross domestic product (it) is an indispensable element of a multipolar order.&#8221;Calling the SCO a \u201ccomplement to the UN,\u201d Erdo\u011fan said the organisation \u201chas a structure that aligns with our multidimensional foreign policy centred on regional ownership,\u201d adding that \u201cas T\u00fcrkiye, we are taking responsibility for resolving conflicts around us through dialogue and diplomacy.\u201dErdo\u011fan highlighted one of the new thrusts of the SCO summit participants: alternative transport and energy corridors, as the war with Iran disrupted traditional avenues.&#8221;We believe that the organisation can play a role not only in ensuring peace and stability, but also in establishing uninterrupted and secure transportation corridors, which are vital for the prosperity of our peoples, and in areas such as energy supply security,&#8221; the Turkish president said.Billions in Central Asia and Caucasus projectsThe leaders of Central Asia and the South Caucasus pushed relentlessly during the summit to maximise the economic opportunities for their regions as the Iran war and wider Middle East disruptions place them at the forefront of new global trade and connectivity solutions.Azerbaijan\u2019s President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Premier Nikol Pashinyan held a new round of their peace talks in Bishkek, with Aliyev saying \u201cthe South Caucasus is becoming a zone of peace.\u201dPashinyan said transport corridors and regional connectivity are now developing toward the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP).Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev told the summit that trade among SCO countries has reached $1 trillion and that much more remains to unlock the full potential of cooperation and resource use.Uzbekistan&#8217;s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev proposed establishing a bank for inter-regional projects, natural resource management, digital services and healthcare.Mirziyoyev agreed with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to raise bilateral trade from $18 billion in 2025 to $30 billion in the coming years through a portfolio of joint investment projects and industrial cooperation.&#8221;The existence of multiple centres of political influence is an important condition for advancing a political pluralism on the international stage,&#8221; Tajikistan&#8217;s President Emomali Rahmon said.New security centre approvedAway from the diplomacy, the summit closed Kyrgyzstan&#8217;s year as chair with a package of institutional decisions. Leaders signed the Bishkek Declaration and a protocol amending the SCO&#8217;s Founding Charter, which Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Jeenbek Kulubaev said would create the basis for a more flexible bloc.On security, members approved the rules for a Universal Centre for Countering Security Challenges based in Tashkent and an anti-drug centre in Dushanbe.A unit to fight transnational organised crime will open in Bishkek under that centre, the first permanent SCO body on Kyrgyz soil.Members also agreed to complete consultations &#8220;in the shortest possible time&#8221; on a long-discussed SCO development bank, with a view to signing its founding document, although they concluded no deal in Bishkek.Leaders adopted further documents on artificial intelligence, climate, energy and information security, a declaration on nuclear safety, and a decision to develop cooperation with the African Union.Kyrgyzstan said it held around 200 events during its chairmanship, more than 50 of them in the country itself, and marked the anniversary by naming a 4,050-metre peak in the Ala-Archa range &#8220;SCO Peak&#8221;.Pakistan now takes the chairmanship and will host the next summit in Islamabad.<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2026\/09\/01\/sco-challenges-west-as-diverse-group-of-nations-pursues-multipolar-future&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/89\/75\/89\/1200x675_cmsv2_7a2d2d05-1143-580a-b664-688b3f5e9748-9897589.jpg&#8221;] Iran US military says it struck IRGC targets in Iran Business Ryanair Boeing 737 stairs: 85 falls in three years, ANSV study finds Europe News Von der Leyen vows response to Russian drone incident in Germany Tech News Russia&#8217;s Starlink copycat has failed so far, but still threatens Ukraine Iran US military [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[226,36],"class_list":["post-2122937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international","tag-crawlmanager","tag-euronews-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2122937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2122937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2122937\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2122937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2122937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2122937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}