SCO Summit: PM Modi Joins Shanghai Cooperation Organization In Uzbekistan

SCO member countries are going to discuss topical, regional & international issues as well as regional peace, security, trade, connectivity, culture & tourism.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at the meeting place to attend the SCO summit. After reaching the summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the President of Uzbekistan Shaukat Mirziyoyev. 

The representatives of all participating countries took part in a group photo and after that all went for the meeting.

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SCO currently includes Russia, Tajikistan, China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan. India and Pakistan entered this group in the year 2017. 

This year, six new countries including four Arab countries have entered as dialogue partners with Iran. Thus the SCO of 15 countries will become the largest regional cooperation organization.

External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi also informed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in Samarkand, Uzbekistan to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Heads of State Summit, was accompanied by Uzbekistan PM Abdullah Arifov, Ministers, Governor of Samarkand Region and senior The officers welcomed.

The PM will hold bilateral meetings with the President of Uzbekistan and some other leaders attending the summit. 

It was earlier reported that PM Modi is likely to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Samarkand. 

Let us tell you that this will be the first time after the Ukraine-Russia dispute that the Indian PM and the Russian PM will be face to face.

After reaching the summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the President of Uzbekistan Shaukat Mirziyoyev. 

Let us tell you that everyone took part in a group photo and after that all went for the meeting. The SCO is holding its first in-person summit after two years in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. 

Apart from the summit, Modi is also expected to hold bilateral meetings, with leaders including Putin and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev among others.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Pakistan PM Shahbaz Sharif, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and other leaders took a group photo at the SCO summit.