Helsinki, Sept. 4 -- Finnish President Alexander Stubb said that Europe and the West will have to adopt a "dignified" and "cooperative" approach in its foreign policy, or risk losing global influence.

Stubb, while addressing a joint press conference with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda on Tuesday, said that the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit was a reminder to the West of the might of the Global South.

"My message is not only to my European colleagues but especially to the United States that if we don't drive a more cooperative, more dignified foreign policy, especially with the global south, the likes of India, we're going to lose this game. So I think this meeting in China on Sunday and Monday is a good reminder to...