Prime Minister Narendra Modi will journey to Bishkek on a two-day go to to attend the SCO summit that’s anticipated to deliberate extensively on the evolving safety state of affairs within the area. File
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will start a four-day journey on Saturday (August 27, 2026) to strengthen ties with Uzbekistan and attend the annual Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Kyrgyzstan.
Within the first leg of the journey, Mr. Modi will go to Uzbekistan’s capital, Tashkent, from August 29 to 30 to discover methods to additional bolster the bilateral ties in various sectors, the Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) stated.
From Uzbekistan, the Prime Minister will journey to Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek on a two-day go to to attend the SCO summit that’s anticipated to deliberate extensively on the evolving safety state of affairs within the area, it stated.
On the SCO, PM Modi will tackle the summit the place he’ll spotlight India’s priorities of safety, connectivity and alternative, it stated.
Chinese language President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif are among the many leaders prone to attend the summit.
The summit marks the twenty fifth anniversary of the SCO of which India has been a full member since 2017.
“The Prime Minister will tackle the summit the place he’ll spotlight India’s priorities of safety, connectivity and alternative on the discussion board,” the MEA stated.
The SCO was established with the first aim of countering terrorism, separatism, and extremism, which proceed to stay a problem, Secretary (West) on the MEA Sibi George stated at a media briefing.
Mr. Modi may even maintain bilateral conferences with SCO leaders on the sidelines of the summit. It’s learnt that Mr. Putin will likely be among the many leaders with whom the Prime Minister will maintain bilateral conferences on the margins of the summit.
The Prime Minister can be set to attend the opening ceremony of the sixth World Nomad Video games, a celebration of the wealthy cultural heritage of Central Asia.
The main focus of the Prime Minister’s go to to Uzbekistan will likely be to bolster bilateral ties.
“On the invitation of the President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the Prime Minister will undertake a State go to to Tashkent on August 29 and 30 . This would be the prime minister’s fourth go to to Uzbekistan,” Mr. George stated.
Mr. Modi will maintain delegation-level talks with President Mirziyoyev to additional strengthen the strategic partnership between the 2 international locations, he stated.
The 2 leaders would evaluation cooperation in commerce and funding, defence, digital connectivity, vitality, schooling and people-to-people domains and set the agenda for the street forward, in accordance with the MEA.
It stated Mr. Modi and Mr. Mirziyoyev may even share views on advancing the shared developmental visions of Viksit Bharat 2047 and Uzbekistan-2030.
The Prime Minister can be anticipated to go to the Lal Bahadur Shastri memorial in Tashkent and the Mahatma Gandhi Centre on the Tashkent State College of Oriental Research.
“From Tashkent, on the invitation of the President of Kyrgyz Republic, Sadyr Zhaparov, the Prime Minister will journey to Bishkek,” the MEA stated.
Revealed – August 27, 2026 09:19 pm IST
