Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Thursday evening leave for the 22nd Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Uzbekistan’s Samarkand city, said a senior official on Thursday.
Modi will meet with Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev—the only bilateral meeting the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) had confirmed till Thursday afternoon. The SCO is a political, economic, and security alliance of eight nations, historically led by Russia and China. It is considered the most important conclave in Central Asia, where other nations have interests in trade, connectivity, and resource extraction.
"Apart from the summit activities, the