PM Modi to attend SCO meeting with Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin
MEA says PM is ‘likely to hold a few bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the Summit’ but didn’t confirm which leaders he will meet separately
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Modi set to attend SCO summit in Samarkand with Xi, Putin, Shehbaz on September 15 and 16
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Uzbekistan, marking India’s assumption of the rotational presidency and potential high-level bilateral engagements.
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With India taking over the Presidency of SCO in September, PM Modi is expected to meet all SCO leaders, but all eyes are fixed on his possible meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and a possible movement to reduce border friction between two Asian giants. A courtesy meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is also on cards.
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