SCO Summit in Uzbekistan from today: PM Modi reaches Samarkand, suspense over meeting Jinping and Shahbaz Sharif

A two-day Shanghai Cooperation Organization, ie SCO meeting is starting in Uzbekistan from today. To attend this, PM Narendra Modi reached Samarkand at 9:46 pm on Thursday night. Chinese President Xi Jinping reached Samarkand on 14 September. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif will also attend the meeting.

Delegates from Uzbekistan greet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Samarkand.

During this, there is suspense over PM Modi's meeting with Shahbaz Sharif and Xi Jinping. The most important day of this meeting will be September 16, ie tomorrow. During this PM Modi's address will take place. After the meeting, the documents related to the Samarkand meeting will be signed.

This picture is from the SCO conference held in Qingdao, China in 2018. It was attended by 8 member countries of SCO including PM Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

This picture is from the SCO conference held in Qingdao, China in 2018. It was attended by 8 member countries of SCO including PM Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

SCO reforms and expansion will be discussed

Giving information, Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra said- PM Modi is going to Samarkand for a very short time. Tomorrow i.e. on September 16, will hold bilateral talks with the heads of state of some countries and will return to India at night.

He said- First there will be a meeting of SCO member countries. This will be followed by a meeting of the Dialogue Partner and Observer members. The SCO meeting will discuss issues related to reform and expansion of SCO, regional security, cooperation, strengthening connectivity and promoting trade.

Last month, foreign ministers of member countries attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting in Tashkent.

Modi's meeting with Jinping, Shahbaz Sharif important

According to experts, if Prime Minister Modi meets Chinese President Xi Jinping and Shahbaz Sharif, then this meeting will be very important for Indian foreign policy. This will be the first meeting of Modi-Jinping after the deepening of the border dispute between India and China. At the same time, Modi will meet Shahbaz Sharif for the first time after the removal of Imran Khan in Pakistan.