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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday will attend the first in-person summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in two years in the historic Uzbek city here which will deliberate on major regional security challenges and issues like trade, investment and energy supplies.
Modi arrived in Samarkand on Thursday night to attend the summit of the eight-member SCO grouping which will also see the participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Iran’s Ebrahim Raisi, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and other leaders from the Central Asian countries.
The SCO summit in Samarkand will have two sessions — one restricted session which is only meant for the SCO member states and then there will be an extended session that is likely to see the participation of the observers and the special invitees of the chair country.
The SCO is holding its first in-person summit in Samarkand in Uzbekistan after two years since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic which prevented such high-level gatherings.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday for his “balanced” approach to the Ukrainian crisis and blasted Washington’s “ugly” policies at a meeting that followed a major setback for Moscow on the battlefield.
Speaking at the start of talks with Xi in Uzbekistan, Putin said he was ready to discuss unspecified “concerns” by China about Ukraine.
“We highly appreciate the well-balanced position of our Chinese friends in connection with the Ukrainian crisis,” Putin said, facing Xi across a long table.
“We understand your questions and your concerns in this regard, and we certainly will offer a detailed explanation of our stand on this issue during today’s meeting, even though we already talked about it earlier,” he added.
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Modi at SCO summit: Will PM discuss Ukraine with Vladimir Putin? Will he meet Xi Jinping and Shehbaz Sharif?
Narendra Modi’s presence at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Uzbekistan is of significance. He will meet Russia’s Vladimir Putin and hold key discussions on G20, defence and more. The suspense remains whether the PM will meet the Chinese and Pakistani leaders.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin met here on the sidelines of the SCO summit – their first in-person meeting after Russia launched the war against Ukraine in February – and declared support for their “respective core interests.”
“In the face of the colossal changes of our time on a global scale, unprecedented in recent history, we are ready to team up with our Russian colleagues to set an example of a responsible world power and to play a leading role in putting a rapidly changing world on the track of sustainable and positive development,” Xi told Putin ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit here in the Uzbek city.
“China is ready to work with Russia in extending strong support to each other on issues concerning their respective core interests,” President Xi said during his meeting with President Putin, Chinese state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
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Russia can supply gas to Pakistan as necessary infrastructures already in place: Putin tells PM Sharif
Russia can supply gas to Pakistan as necessary infrastructures are already in place, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday during his meeting with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on the sidelines of the SCO summit in Uzbekistan.
The high-level meeting took place shortly after Prime Minister Sharif reached Samarkand in Uzbekistan to attend the annual meeting of the SCO’s Council of Heads of State (CHS) during a two-day visit from 15 September to 16 September.
“The issue is about pipeline gas supplies from Russia to Pakistan, which is also possible, which means part of infrastructure has already been created, meaning Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan. We have to solve the Afghan issue,” Putin was quoted as saying by Russia’s state-run TASS news agency.
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PM Modi will also hold bilateral meetings with leaders of Russia, Uzbekistan and Iran, today.
Samarkand, Uzbekistan PM Modi to attend Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit today. After that, he will also attend various meetings with SCO leaders.
Further, PM Modi will also hold bilateral meetings with leaders of Russia, Uzbekistan & Iran, today
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Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to meet with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Friday at the SCO Summit in Samarkand.
Following the meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to meet with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, reported Chinese state media.
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