PM Modi To Virtually Chair SCO Summit Today; Chinese President Xi Jinping, Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif To Attend Meet

PM Narendra Modi will be virtually hosting the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit today. SCO is a political and security group of 8 member nations that seeks to counter western influence in the Eurasia region. India's association with the SCO began in 2005 as an observer country. It became a full member state of SCO at the Astana summit in 2017. Earlier, the summit was scheduled to take place in-person in New Delhi, but the plan was changed in early June. This virtual summit will also witness Iran becoming the newest and a permanent member of the alliance besides opening its doors for Belarus. Russian President Vladimir Putin , Chinese President Xi Jinping..and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will be joining the meet. The Summit is expected to focus on regional security situation and ways to boost connectivity and trade. #SCOvirtualsummit #PMNarendramodi #Vladimirputin ~PR.153~HT.178~

With both Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif and Chinese President Xi Jinping watching, PM Modi used the SCO summit he chaired virtually Tuesday to denounce cross-border...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday took a veiled dig at Pakistan during the virtual Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, saying that the bloc...

The SCO summit, chaired by PM Modi, was joined by Chinese President Xi Jinping, his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif and other...