Trade and geopolitics will be an agenda when Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in between the Regional Summit in Uzbekistan today. The government has not confirmed any meeting with XI Jingping China.
PM Modi, who is one of the last leaders who arrived in Samarkand for the SCO Summit on Thursday night, officially started its participation in the Regional Summit today begins with a group photo with Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders of other members of the grouping take effect.
This is for the first time PM Modi and XI Jingping face faced with the beginning of the military deadlock in Ladakh in 2020. The Summit was also attended by Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and leaders of several Central Asian countries.
After the Summit, PM Modi will hold bilateral talks with Vladimir Putin. Both leaders will discuss the issue of strategic stability, the situation in the Asia Pacific region and bilateral cooperation in the United Nations and G20, Kremlin has announced. PM Modi will also hold talks with President Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.
At the SCO Summit, I hope to be able to exchange views on topical, regional and international issues, expand SCO and deeper diverse and mutually beneficial cooperation in the organization,” said PM Modi before leaving for the Regional Summit at Uzbekistan’s Historic City of Samarkand.
PM Modi also said he also hoped to meet President Uzbekistan Mirziyoyev. “I remember his visit to India in 2018. He also adorned the lively Gujarat Summit as a guest of honor in 2019. In addition, I will hold a bilateral meeting with several other leaders who attended the Summit,” said PM Modi.
There is no confirmation of the possibility of bilateralnya with XI Jingping China. “We will make you completely notified when the Bilateral PM meeting schedule was revealed,” said Foreign Minister Vinay Kwatra when asked whether PM Modi and the President of China will hold a bilateral meeting during the Summit.
This is the first direct summit of the block in two years, eliminating Covid’s concerns and providing a rare opportunity for all eight heads of state to meet on the sidelines of the event to hold face-to-face talks when suppressing global and regional problems to the public’s concern.
The grouping summit influences eight countries occurred in the midst of geo-political chaos that grew mostly triggered by the Russian invasion of Ukraine and China’s aggressive military attitudes in Taiwan.
The SCO Summit will have two limited sessions that are only intended for member countries and then there will be an extended session that is likely to see the participation of observers and special invitations of the chair country.
Launched in Shanghai in June 2001, SCO has eight full members, including six members of the founder, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. India and Pakistan joined as full members in 2017.
