Bishkek: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday reached Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, to attend the meeting of Council of Heads of States of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) beginning today.
Deputy Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic, Zamirbek Maripbaevich Askarov received PM Modi at the Manas International Airport here little while ago.
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) took Twitter to share a video of PM Modi’s landing in Bishkek.
Multilateral connect for a better future.
PM @narendramodi landed in Bishkek. He will be meeting various world leaders today and taking part in the SCO Summit.
Since becoming a full member two years ago, India has been actively involved in various SCO dialogue mechanisms. pic.twitter.com/vSaMZNCP6W
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 13, 2019
This is Modi’s first multi-lateral summit after his re-election as the Prime Minister.
Presidents and Prime Ministers of 8 member countries will participate in this multilateral international forum which will also be attended by 4 head of states as observers.
The SCO is a China-led eight-member economic and security bloc. In July 2015 in Ufa, Russia, the SCO decided to admit India and Pakistan as full members and both the countries officially joined SCO as full members during the Astana Summit in 2017.
The Council of Heads of State- CHS meeting is scheduled for today and tomorrow. The CHS is the supreme decision-making body in the SCO. This will be the second CHS meeting after India became member of SCO.
On the sidelines of the summit, PM Modi is scheduled to meet many world leaders including Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of the Kyrgyz Republic and SCO Chair Sooronbay Jeenbekov.
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