Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday left Kazakhstan for Ufa in Russia to attend the BRICS and SCO summits.
Modi, who visited Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan from July 6-8, will be in Ufa from July 8-10 for the back-to-back BRICS summit with the leaders of Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).
India along with Pakistan is set to get full membership of the China-led SCO bloc. Modi is also likely to meet Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at the SCO summit.
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