NEW DELHI: PM Modi on Thursday, 13 June, arrived in Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan to attend the two-day Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit.He is also set to hold meetings with leaders of China and Russia on the sidelines of the summit.
Prime Minister Modi is scheduled to meet many world leaders including Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of the Kyrgyz Republic and SCO Chair Sooronbay Jeenbekov.
PM Modi on Wednesday said the global security situation as well as economic cooperation will be on the agenda at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Kyrgyzstan.
PM Modi will not fly over Pakistan on his way to Bishkek on Thursday to attend a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, the External Affairs Ministry said.It said Modi’s aircraft will fly over Oman, Iran and several Central Asian countries to reach the Kyrgyz capital.
India has extended full cooperation to the chairmanship of the Kyrgyz Republic over the past year, Modi said.Pakistan PM Imran Khan will also be attending the summit, however, PM Modi and Pak PM Imran Khan are not slated to meet at Bishkek.
India and the Kyrgyz Republic, bound by historical and civilisational links, share traditionally warm and friendly relations.After Lok Sabha elections 2019 this is Modi’s first multi-lateral summit.
Presidents and Prime Ministers of 8 member countries will participate in this international forum which will also be attended by 4 head of states as observers.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is a permanent intergovernmental international organisation, the creation of which was announced on 15 June 2001 in Shanghai.
